The placed four leaders — including the wardens overseeing three state prisons — on administrative leave on the same day earlier this month, an agency official confirmed this week.
Warden Jeff Long at the , his brother, Warden Ryan Long at the , and Warden Shane Stucker at the in Cañon City were all placed on paid administrative leave on March 5, department spokeswoman Alondra Gonzalez said.
David Wolfsgruber, for the Department of Corrections, was also placed on leave March 5, Gonzalez said Wednesday.
Another corrections official, Major Joshua Dorcey, a program manager in the department, was placed on leave on March 6.
Gonzalez would not say why the five employees were placed on leave, whether there is an overarching investigation that connects them or whether any criminal investigations were underway, though the confirmed Friday that it does not have an ongoing criminal investigation into the wardens.
Four of the men placed on leave have worked for the Department of Corrections for more than a decade. Ryan Long was hired in 2000, Jeff Long and Dorcey were hired in 2005, and Shane Stucker was hired in 2008, Gonzalez said.
Wolfsgruber was hired in late 2023. He declined to comment Wednesday.
Stucker declined to comment when reached by phone Monday; Ryan and Jeff Long did not return requests for comment, and Dorcey could not be reached.
The three wardens oversee prisons with a combined capacity of more than 4,600 prisoners.
“We can not comment on personnel matters, including the reasons for administrative leave or potential investigations,” Gonzalez said.
Updated 2 p.m,. March 19, 2025: This story was updated to report David Wolfsgruber, director of adult parole for the Department of Corrections, was also placed on leave.
