Coloradans Demand More Federal Attention for Florence Prisons

· Apr. 5, 2010, 3:59 pm

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, at the urging of state lawmakers, toured the Colorado Supermax correctional facility recently. State Rep. Buffie McFayden is happy about all this attention, but she says that not enough is happening to change things at the prison. She wants the federal government to commit more funding to the entire prison complex in Florence. Ryan Warner talks to McFayden and correctional officer Ken Shatto.

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