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BRIGHTON — A settlement agreement reached Thursday in U.S. District Court says the Adams County Sheriff must provide better services and technology for deaf inmates at the county jail.
The settlement was announced by the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition and the Colorado Association of the Deaf which sued on behalf of Timothy Siaki and Michaelee Owen, who are deaf.
An Adams County Sheriff’s spokesman couldn’t be reached for comment. The suit claimed that after Siaki was arrested on May 14, 2010, on a domestic violence complaint, he was detained at the Adams County Detention Facility for 25 days with no ability to communicate with his jailers.
