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Crowley County

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Shoot Colorado: Website aims to help Hollywood find places to film

    Let's say you're a big-time Hollywood filmmaker. You've heard about Colorado's new film incentives and you'd love to take advantage of the cash rebates natural splendor the state has to offer. But where to start? A new website called Shoot Colorado makes it easy, providing a digital directory of loc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    ACLU, faith groups urge governors not to sell out to private prison giant

    A broad proposal by the country's largest private prison company to buy up and privatize state prisons has been met with a stiff rebuke from the American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of justice policy and religious groups, who are urging all fifty state governors to reject the company's "in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Private prisons' blueprint for success: more lobbying, less security

    The use of private prisons by states and the federal government continues to increase, yielding billions in annual revenues for two dominant companies in the industry -- despite a lack of solid research that America's experiment with for-profit incarceration actually saves taxpayers money in the lon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Crowley prison riot: New details of unheeded warnings emerge in epic lawsuit

    After the riot, 2004. ​Seven years ago inmates at a private prison in southeastern Colorado went on an all-night rampage, chasing the shorthanded staff from the premises, attacking suspected snitches, setting fires and causing millions of dollars in damages. Now documents filed in a long-runni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Today's Featured Night and Day Event: Willow -- An Artisans Market's Birdhouse Show

    Habitat for Humanity is all about putting a roof over the heads of folks who might not otherwise enjoy that luxury; so is a man-made birdhouse, albeit on a much tinier level. As if to top off that metaphorical comparison with a story that's almost too good to be true, birdhouses built ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    Birdhouse Bash

    Habitat for Humanity is all about putting a roof over the heads of folks who might not otherwise enjoy that luxury; so is a man-made birdhouse, albeit on a much tinier level. As if to top off that metaphorical comparison with a story that's almost too good to be true, birdhouses built ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2008

    Swapping One McPrison for Another

    Habitat for Humanity is all about putting a roof over the heads of folks who might not otherwise enjoy that luxury; so is a man-made birdhouse, albeit on a much tinier level. As if to top off that metaphorical comparison with a story that's almost too good to be true, birdhouses built ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2005

    "What You Deserve"

    A lawsuit claims brutal treatment of prisoners after last year's riot.

  • News

    January 6, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of January 6, 2005

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    Going Off

    Life in prison can be a riot.

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    Maxed Out

    Shipping inmates to private prisons is Colorado's cheap solution to overcrowding and violence. But so far, it's cost plenty.

  • News

    July 5, 1995

    HIGH PLAINS GRIFTERS

    Shipping inmates to private prisons is Colorado's cheap solution to overcrowding and violence. But so far, it's cost plenty.

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