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| Colo. Prison Officials Start to End Weeklong Lockdown |
| By Rocky Mountain News |
| Published: 07/08/2003 |
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Colorado prison authorities began lifting a lockdown at the Sterling prison Monday, one week after prisoners started a work stoppage to protest lower wages. Some prisoners who perform laundry and industry service jobs were allowed to leave their cells to perform their duties, Alison Morgan, Colorado Department of Corrections spokeswoman, said. Corrections officials will continue to gradually lift the lockdown at the Sterling Correctional Facility over the next four days, Morgan said. Prison officials last Tuesday, July 1, imposed the lockdown on the entire 1,100 population after 60 inmates refused to perform food service duties to protest cuts in their pay, which was the result of massive statewide budget cuts. Wage reductions are as high as 70 percent. Corrections authorities vowed they'll impose a second lockdown if prisoners begin to strike again. 'We have been out and about on the tiers talking to the inmates, and the impression is that collectively they're preparing to go back to work,' Morgan said. Meantime, 12 of the 49 Arkansas Valley Corrections Facility inmates at Ordway refused to report to their food service duties Monday because their pay was cut, Morgan said. They were transferred from the medium security facility to the East Cañon complex in Cañon City and now are under 23-hour lockdown. |
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