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New Mexico Prison Doctor Fingered in Lawsuits

Loaded on Sept. 15, 2013 published in Prison Legal News September, 2013, page 47
Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Health Services, Medical Misconduct. Location: New Mexico.
Two lawsuits filed in March 2013 seek compensatory and punitive damages against former prison physician Mark E. Walden, GEO Group, Corizon, wardens Erasmo Bravo and Timothy Hatch, and health administrator Sherry Phillips. The suits allege that numerous prisoners were fondled or received intrusive rectal exams by Dr. Walden, a Corizon …

 

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