Overview
- Surveillance footage from La Vista Correctional Facility shows Peters grabbing a fellow inmate’s neck and shoving her during a brief scuffle on Sunday.
- The Colorado Department of Corrections confirmed an incident occurred, said no one was hurt, and noted no charges have been filed at this time.
- Peters was moved to a different housing unit as part of standard safety procedures, and officials emphasized the facility does not use solitary confinement.
- The video and official statement conflict with her defense team’s assertion that she was assaulted in a closet and facing new criminal charges.
- Peters is serving a nine-year state sentence for crimes tied to removing election data, as appeals judges review aspects of her case and President Trump urges Gov. Jared Polis to grant clemency.