A former Colorado correctional facility youth inmate who said he was choke-slammed, lifted by the throat and then had his complaints dismissed has filed a civil lawsuit against three men in leadership there.
Frankie Chiles said that the beating was covered up by two guards and then dismissed as “no concern” by their supervisor, according to a the civil rights complaint. The incident happened two years ago at Mountain View Youth Services Center in Lakewood.
None of those employees were terminated following the incident, although one of them “left employment in October 2023” for reasons unrelated to the case, according to Colorado Division of Youth Services spokesperson, Heidi Bauer.
Chiles, 22, said that a Defendant Program Manager named Michael “Big Mike” Robinson punched him in the nose for refusing an order and asking to speak with a supervisor.
“There was blood everywhere,” Chiles said Thursday.
The complaint alleges, that Robinson then brought him into his bedroom where there were no surveillance cameras to record what happened next. Once the door was partially closed, Robinson “grabbed my neck with two hands and then he slammed me to the ground. He had his knee on my chest,” while “another guard shut the door and kept watch,” Chiles said in an interview The Denver Gazette.