Singleton Schreiber was mentioned in a recent lawsuit filed in Colorado against Sheriff Gene Claps, the Board of County Commissioners of Adams County, Jail Division Chief William Dunning, and carceral telecom company HomeWAV.
A new lawsuit filed in Colorado challenges Adams County’s elimination of in-person family visits at its detention facility, arguing the policy violates the fundamental right to familial association protected by the Colorado Constitution. Children and parents detained or affected by the ban describe deep emotional and financial harm, including a nine-year-old plaintiff who worries constantly about his jailed father and a mother who struggles to pay for costly HomeWAV video and phone calls instead of contact visits.
The suit, E.L. v. Claps, alleges that county officials and the private telecom provider HomeWAV conspired to replace free, in-person visits with high-cost, for-profit communication services that serve no compelling governmental purpose other than generating revenue. Filed on October 28, 2025, the case is the third in the broader Right 2 Hug Project, which challenges policies that prevent children and parents from seeing or hugging one another solely because one is incarcerated. Defendants include Sheriff Gene Claps, the Adams County Board of County Commissioners, Jail Division Chief William Dunning, and HomeWAV. The plaintiffs seek an immediate restoration of contact visitation at the jail. Public Justice, Civil Rights Corps, Maxted Law, Spero Justice Center, the National Center for Youth Law, and Singleton Schreiber represent them.
