Colorado Department of Corrections and Department of Youth Services (Colorado)

conditions of confinement, and whether Colorado violates the rights of detainees by failing to protect youth in DYS facilities from use of excessive force and failing to provide adequate nutrition to detainees. The Department will also consider whether Colorado violates prisoners' and detainees' right to free exercise of religion by housing biological males in units designated for females. We have not reached any conclusions about the subject matter of the investigation. During the investigation, we will consider all relevant information, including the efforts Colorado has taken to ensure compliance with the Constitution. We encourage the State to cooperate with our investigation and assure you that we will seek to minimize any potential disruption our investigation may have on DOC and DYS operations. If we ultimately determine that there are no constitutional violations present at these facilities, we will notify you that we are closing the investigation. If we determine that there are systemic violations, we will inform you of our findings and attempt to work with the State to remedy those violations. In our many years of civil rights enforcement, the good faith efforts of 1 1 This includes 19 state run facilities and two private facilities. jurisdictions to work with us have routinely enabled us to resolve our claims without resorting to contested litigation. Attorneys from the Civil Rights Division will be handling this investigation. They will contact your office to discuss the next steps. Jonas Geissler, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, may be reached at (202) 532-5527. Assistant Attorney General cc: Philip J. Weiser Attorney General Colorado Andre Stancil Executive Director Colorado Department of Corrections Alex Stojsavljevic Director Division of Youth Services Dave Bergman Warden Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility Bryan Coleman Warden Buena Vista Correctional Complex, Delta Correctional Center, and Rifle Correctional Center Richard Persons Warden Arrowhead Correctional Center and Four Mile Correctional Center Ryan Flores Warden Centennial Correctional Facility Stephanie Sandoval Warden Colorado State Penitentiary 2 Jennifer Hansen Warden Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility Shane Stucker Warden Fremont Correctional Facility Ryan Long Warden Denver Reception and Diagnostic Center and Denver Women's Correctional Facility Gilbert Caley Warden Limon Correctional Facility Steven Brown Warden Bent County Correctional Facility Virgil Ensey Warden Crowley County Correctional Facility Tom Werlich Warden La Vista Correctional Facility and Youthful Offender System Patrick Fhuere Warden San Carlos Correctional Facility and Trinidad Correctional Facility Jeff Long Warden Sterling Correctional Facility Samantha Wilson Director Rocky Mountain Youth Services Center 3 Elizabeth Wilson Director Betty K. Marler Youth Services Center Ralph Krutsche Director Phoenix Youth Services Center Joe Kurtz Director Spring Creek Youth Service Center Eugene Moore Director Zebulon Pike Youth Service Center and Marvin W. Foote Youth Service Center Valerie Krier Director Platte Valley Youth Service Center Clinton Corley Director Pueblo Youth Service Center Jeff Blackmon Director Prairie Vista Youth Service Center Vera Dominguez Director Gilliam Youth Service Center Matt Medina Director Grand Mesa Youth Service Center Justin Tomsick Director Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center 4