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$72,000 Settlement Over Corizon’s Lack of Medical Treatment to Injured Arizona Prisoner
by Matt Clarke
On August 8, 2020, Corizon Health, Inc. agreed to pay $20,000 to settle its part of a federal lawsuit brought by an Arizona prisoner who suffered a partial foot amputation after Corizon delayed effective medical treatment.
Arizona state prisoner Edmund V. Powers fell 60 to 80 feet, ...
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- Georgia Sheriff Suspended After Indictment on Federal Civil Rights Charges, by David Reutter
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- Kentucky’s Prison HCV Policy of Monitoring Without Treatment Constitutional, by David Reutter
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