Alan Prendergast
Alan Prendergast has been writing for Westword for over thirty years. He teaches journalism at Colorado College; his stories about the justice system, historic crimes, high-security prisons and death by misadventure have won numerous awards and appeared in a wide range of magazines and anthologies.
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2 months ago | NewsTo battle drugs smuggled in the mail, the Colorado Department of Corrections will no longer allow inmates to receive post cards, greeting cards, or "any items containing drawings."
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3 months ago | LongformThe Consumer Product Safety Commission wants to ban Zen magnets, but owner Shihan Qu has powerful forces on his side.
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4 months ago | EducationBut for most of the instructors at Colorado's community colleges, the holidays offer not a respite but a time of great anxiety and financial strain.
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5 months ago | Colorado HistoryAt the outbreak of World War II, America had no idea how to run a camp for prisoners of war. The troops in Trinidad, guarding thousands of elite Nazi officers, figured it out as they went along.
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5 months ago | CrimeFamily members of Alfredo Chavez, 17, fatally shot outside an Adams County grow house last year, are far from satisfied with the official investigation into this death.
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6 months ago | ListsOur guide to the ballot measures Denver voters will see in November 2017, including I-300 and 2A through 2G.
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