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Virginia Settles Suit Over Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Hepatitis C for $700,000
by David M. Reutter
On April 5, 2023, a settlement was reached between the estate of a Virginia prisoner who died from untreated Hepatitis C and his physician with the state Department of Corrections (DOC). The agreement, which provided a $700,000 payout, followed a ruling by the U.S. …
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- Commissary and Food Service Privatization Strands Florida Prisoners in ‘Food Desert’, by David Reutter
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- Virginia Settles Suit Over Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Hepatitis C for $700,000, by David Reutter
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- BOP Evacuates Federal Prison in Florida After Possible Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Censoring Women’s Health, by Kwaneta Harris
- Second Circuit Says New York Prisons Must Answer for Denying Court-Ordered Rehab, by David Reutter
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- South Carolina Pays $200,000 to Jail Detainees Exposed to Toxic Fumes, by Douglas Ankney
- Ninth Circuit Revives Challenge by Federal Prisoner in Arizona to BOP’s 300-Minute Monthly Phone Cap, by David Reutter
- No Data to Prove Whether $600-Million California Parole Effort Worked
- Inmate Records Released from Closed Washington Psychiatric Lockup
- Maine Prison Official Charged with Theft and Bribery in Decade-Long Kickback Scheme
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- Ohio Prisoner Wins $2,000 Settlement for Guard Abuse Claims, Loses Appeal to Uncover Identity of Prison Officials Who Negotiated It, by Matthew Clarke
- Writing on the Prison Wall: How Prisons Suppress Prison Journalism
- Resistance to Bail Reform Powered By Untruthful Scaremongering, by David Reutter
- Fifth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Louisiana Prison Chief for Prolonging Prisoner’s Detention with Sex Offender Misclassification, by David Reutter
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- Fifth Circuit: Texas Jail Guard’s Use of Taser on Compliant Detainee Unconstitutional, by David Reutter
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