By Theresa Marchetta & Phil Tenser
The Denver Channel
DENVER, Colo. — Limiting the use of solitary confinement and keeping his department transparent are the stated goals of Colorado’s new Executive Director of the Department of Corrections. He expressed those plans and more in a wide-ranging — and sometimes confrontational — interview with CALL7 Investigator Theresa Marchetta.
On the top of Executive Director Rick Raemisch’s list for moving forward is the completion of work started by his predecessor, Tom Clements: an effort to reduce the number of inmates held in administrative segregation, which is informally known as solitary confinement.
The parolee who murdered Clements and another man, Nate Leon, in March was released onto parole directly from administrative segregation.
Full story: New Department of Corrections Executive Director Rick Raemisch pledges changes, transparency