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Federal Legal Standards for Prison Medical Care
Federal Legal Standards For Prison Medical Care
by Dan Manville
The State is required to provide adequate medical care to those it confines.1 In this time of shrinking budgets, many prison systems have turned to contracting with private health care providers to meet their legal obligations. Some states have turned ...
by Dan Manville
The State is required to provide adequate medical care to those it confines.1 In this time of shrinking budgets, many prison systems have turned to contracting with private health care providers to meet their legal obligations. Some states have turned ...
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- Federal Legal Standards for Prison Medical Care, by Daniel E. Manville
- When Prison Officials Don't Respond Administrative Remedies Are Exhausted
- Texas Parole Officer Hires Parolee for Murder, by Gary Hunter
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- CCA Pays $54 Million to IRS and Settles Gender Discrimination Complaint
- The Parents' Project: Parent-Child Prison Visitation Issues Raised by Bazzetta, et. al. v. McGinnis, et. al., by Denise Johnston
- Erroneously Released Texas Prisoner Has Right to Street Calendar Time
- No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons: A Human Rights Watch Report by Joanne Mariner, by Alex Coolman
- Writing to Win, by John E Dannenberg
- Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner's Hepatitis C Treatment Claim
- Texas Prison Guard Charged with Raping Male Prisoner; Prisoner Files §1983 Complaint
- Ohio Supreme Court Orders Changes in Parole Board Procedures, by Robert Woodman
- California Pays $1.1 Million in Prison Sexual Harassment Suits
- No Qualified Immunity Defense for Florida Beatings, by David Reutter
- Washington Prisoner L & I Statutes Struck Down
- Twenty Years for Flinging Feces on Texas Guards
- Injury Report Satisfies Texas Tort Claims Actual Notice Requirement
- BOP Communion Wine Ban Challenged, by David Reutter
- Psychologist Not Qualifiedly Immune in Prisoner Suicide Suit, by John E Dannenberg
- Texas Guard's Conviction Reversed
- BJS Summarizes State Sex Offender Registries
- No Right to Artificial Insemination, by John E Dannenberg
- Texas Pro Se Litigant Entitled to Notice of Hearing
- ADA Liability Extends to New Jersey County Jail and Vicinage
- Dismissal for Failure to Allege Physical Injury Improper
- Head of Counsel for Texas Prisoners Fired
- Third Circuit Upholds $100,000 Damages Award to Assaulted Pennsylvania Prisoner
- Prisons Experience Outbreaks of Infectious Disease, by Michael Rigby
- Ninth Circuit Reexamines Standards for Qualified Immunity at Summary Judgment Stage in California Shooting Case, by John E Dannenberg
- San Mateo County Sues California Jail Phone Service Providers
- Kosher Diets for Prisoners Upheld in Tenth Circuit, by Bob Williams
- Exceptions Made To PLRA Exhaustion Requirement; Discovery Allowed, by John E Dannenberg
- Wisconsin Lacks Authority Over Funds of Out-of-State Prisoners
- Disciplinary Boards are not "State Courts" Under AEDPA
- Prison Population Continues to Grow
- News in Brief
More from Daniel E. Manville:
- Federal Prison Staff Are Law Enforcement Official For Purposes Of FTCA Claims, March 15, 2008
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics: Three-Strikes and No More, Nov. 15, 2005
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics: The Pro Se Complaint, Dec. 15, 2004
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, Sept. 15, 2004
- Court Mail Is Legal Mail; Damages and Fees Upheld in Legal Mail Opening, Feb. 15, 2004
- Federal Legal Standards for Prison Medical Care, May 15, 2003
- Statutes Affecting Disabled Prisoners, April 15, 2003
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