By Stephanie Butzer | Denver7
Colorado Department of Corrections spokesperson Alondra Gonzalez-Garcia confirmed to Denver7 that the incident happened on Sunday and nobody was injured.
Tina Peters, a former Mesa County clerk who was sentenced to nine years behind bars for her role in an election security breach in 2021, was involved in an incident with another inmate at La Vista Correctional Facility over the weekend.
Colorado Department of Corrections spokesperson Alondra Gonzalez-Garcia confirmed to Denver7 that the incident happened on Sunday and nobody was injured.
“The Department can confirm that inmate Tina Peters was involved in an incident with another inmate at the La Vista Correctional Facility on January 18, 2026, in which no one was injured,” the spokesperson wrote in an email. “As is the Department’s practice and policy, it promptly conducted an administrative investigation that included reviewing a surveillance recording.”
A press release posted to Peters’ account on X claims that she “will be locked down completely for 24-72 hours and held in IDO (the hole) for an unknown period of time.”
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