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Independent Monitor Issues First Report on Delaware Health Care
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2008
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2008, page 24
by David M. Reutter
Filed under:
Private Prisons,
CMS,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Tuberculosis,
Medical Records,
Overcrowding,
Staffing,
Settlements.
Location:
Delaware.
Joshua W. Martin III, the Independent Monitor who is overseeing an agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Delaware Department of Corrections (DDOC), has issued his first semi-annual report. The agreement with the DOJ followed a public outcry that ensued after The News ...
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