Prisoner Abuse Attorney

Dave Maxted is one of Colorado’s leading advocates against inhumane, harmful conditions in jails and prisons, and demanding justice for those whose have suffered harm in jails and prisons.

America incarcerates more people than any other country in the world, and the conditions in our overcrowded jails and prisons are too often deplorable and inhumane. The country’s addiction to mass incarceration harms people, families, and communities, making all of us less safe by traumatizing people and draining tax dollars from public resources that actually help make us all safer—like housing, mental health, and drug abuse and addiction treatment. The result is predictable and tragic: unchecked abuses, wrongful death, unnecessary violence, serious and permanent injury, and other trauma are caused by the failures of oversight, medical care, and inhumane conditions in our jails and prisons.

Common prison and jail abuse cases we handle include:

• Jail or prison wrongful death

• Excessive force and violence by jail and prison guards

• Failure to provide medical care

• Failure to provide mental health care

• Failure to protect from suicide risks

• Failure to protect from risks of overdose

• Failure to protect from violence within jails and prisons

• First amendment and free speech violations

• Religious freedom violations