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Joey Estrella

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Colorado's probate courts riddled with neglect, lack of accountability, report finds

    Flickr​Colorado does a miserable job of monitoring the guardians and conservators who control the finances -- and, in many cases, the living conditions -- of incapacitated adults, minor wards and other vulnerable populations, according to a scathing report released yesterday by the Office of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Disemboweling video: Will U.S. Supreme Court release prison footage of Joey Estrella slaying?

    ​What happens in a public trial becomes public record. Except when the government says it doesn't. That little hitch in the law fuels the ongoing battle between Prison Legal News and the U.S. Justice Department over a graphic video shot inside the U.S. Penitentiary Florence in the aftermath of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Alejandro Perez verdict: A stunning rebuke of Carol Chambers' death-penalty chase?

    Alejandro Perez​Last week's acquittal of Alejandro Perez in the murder of another inmate at the Limon Correctional Facility provides fresh ammo for critics of Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney Carol Chambers, whose determination to seek the death penalty for a prison gang homicide has resu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Gory prison video of Joey Estrella's murder, disemboweling shouldn't be released, court rules

    ​Gruesome video footage taken at a Colorado federal penitentiary of two inmates taunting guards and mutilating the corpse of their cellmate won't be released to the news media any time soon -- even though the videos were shown in open court to two juries in a failed effort to obtain the death ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    In the Florence pen, it's risky not to join the riot

    ​The dysfunctional high-security federal penitentiary in Florence has been the scene of all sorts of gang-related mayhem, from the grisly 1999 disembowelment of inmate Joey Estrella to the 2008 racial uprising in the yard, in which guards fired on brawling prisoners and killed two (as reported ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2008

    A Prison Murder on the Web?

    ​The dysfunctional high-security federal penitentiary in Florence has been the scene of all sorts of gang-related mayhem, from the grisly 1999 disembowelment of inmate Joey Estrella to the 2008 racial uprising in the yard, in which guards fired on brawling prisoners and killed two (as reported ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2008

    A Supermax Slaughter Cuts Both Ways

    ​The dysfunctional high-security federal penitentiary in Florence has been the scene of all sorts of gang-related mayhem, from the grisly 1999 disembowelment of inmate Joey Estrella to the 2008 racial uprising in the yard, in which guards fired on brawling prisoners and killed two (as reported ... More >>

  • News

    February 28, 2008

    Arapahoe County DA Charges Death-Penalty Fees to the State

    How does DA Carol Chambers beat the high cost of a death-penalty prosecution? By billing the prison system.

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2007

    Pass the Liver, Hold the Fava Beans

    How does DA Carol Chambers beat the high cost of a death-penalty prosecution? By billing the prison system.

  • News

    November 23, 2000

    The Cowboy Way

    Federal prison guards accused of beating inmates have their own support group -- the officers' union.

  • News

    May 25, 2000

    Marked for Death

    Trapped in a prison race war, Tony Francis had three choices: kill, snitch or run. He found another way out.

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