John Case

One of the guards told one of the inmates that if she and her roommate complained about it anymore, they could be charged with inciting a riot.

La Vista is the only facility that doesn't, in Colorado, the only Colorado prison that won't allow video

with family.

The facility La Vista is not designed for minimum security prisoners like Tina.

She's a level one.

That's minimum security for people who have no prior offenses and are not violent.

So she belongs in a level one facility.

But Colorado doesn't have any level one facilities for women.

That seems like discrimination based solely on gender.

This facility is not maintained.

When the DOJ came in to inspect it last week, before the inspection, the inmates were forced to work 16 hours a day, scrubbing walls, painting over the mold, replacing tiles that had fallen off.

The DOJ apparently took note of a lot of those violations of state regulations.

I just wanted to mention, Steve, in closing that Governor Polis can solve this problem.

The Department of the Federal Bureau of Prisons made an offer to Governor Polis to take Tina Peters

out of state custody and put her in a minimum security facility where she belongs.

He refused.

On December 16th, Governor Polis said in a public statement, quote, Tina Peters should get the same treatment as other inmates.

Well, I'd like to mention one other inmate and the treatment that he got.

In 2021,

Governor Polis commuted the sentence of a man who killed four people by driving recklessly.