Overview
- Tina Peters was involved in a Jan. 18 altercation at La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo, according to the Colorado Department of Corrections.
- Surveillance footage obtained by multiple outlets shows Peters grabbing another inmate by the neck and pushing her, countering claims from her team that she was assaulted.
- CDOC says La Vista does not use solitary confinement and that moving involved inmates to different housing during reviews is standard procedure.
- No injuries were reported and no charges have been filed so far, with an administrative investigation ongoing.
- Peters is serving a nine-year state sentence tied to an election data breach as President Trump urges her release and Gov. Jared Polis weighs clemency alongside a pending appeal.