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Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Deadline Looms for Payouts Under California’s Forced or Involuntary Sterilization Compensation Program by December 31, 2023, will be the last day to file for reparations under California’s Forced or Involuntary Sterilization Compensation Program (FISCP). State lawmakers created it in 2021 to offer compensation to thousands of victims who were sterilized …
Brief • September 14, 2023
Floreal-Wooten v. Washington County Detention Center, AK, Settlement, Medical Treatments-Covid, 2023 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS For and in consideration of the payment of the total and final sum of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00), to be paid in the following manner: TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS I ($2,000.00) paid to …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Condemned Tennessee Prisoner Wins Fight Against Autopsy by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On April 20, 2022, the federal court for the Middle District of Tennessee issued a highly unusal order enjoining the Davidson County medical examiner from performing an autopsy or collecting bodily fluids from a prisoner following his …
Fifth Circuit Absolves Texas Jailers in Death of Mentally Ill Detainee Who Refused Medical Treatment by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On August 5, 2022, calling the medical neglect of a mentally ill detainee who refused treatment “objectively reasonable,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a …
Brief • January 13, 2022
Floreal-Wooten v. Washington County Detention Center, AK, Complaint, Medical Treatments-Covid, 2022 Case 5:22-cv-05011-TLB-CDC Document 2 Filed 01/13/22 Page 1 of 14 PageID #: 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS FAYETTEVILLE DIVISION EDRICK FLOREAL-WOOTEN; JEREMIAH LITTLE; JULIO GONZALES; DAYMAN BLACKBURN v. PLAINTIFFS Case No. 5:22-cv-05011-TLB-CDC WASHINGTON COUNTY DETENTION …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Transfer Lawsuit by Suicidal Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On October 15, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a prisoner who had consented to being transferred to a psychiatric unit after a suicide attempt could not sue …
Beyond Estelle: Medical Rights for Incarcerated Patients by Greg Dober by Greg Dober Like most other individuals, prisoners sometimes need medical attention for ailments, injuries and diseases. However, there appears to be a misconception about prisoners’ medical rights among physicians, medical administrators, prison and jail staff, and law enforcement officials. …
Young v. County of Cook, IL, Settlement, Strip Searches, 2017 Case: 1:06-cv-00552 Document #: 858-1 Filed: 05/11/17 Page 1 of 6 PageID #:17034 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Settlement Agreement ("Settlement Agreement") is signed and effective as ofMay 9, 2017, by Illinois National Insurance Company, the Insurance Company of t.he State of …
Torture in Healthcare Settings, CHRHL, 2013 Torture in Healthcare Settings: Reflections on the Special Rapporteur on Torture’s 2013 Thematic Report C E N T E R F O R H U M A N R I G H T S & H U M A N I TA R I …
$30,000 Award for New York Prisoner Held in Tuberculosis Isolation by $30,000 Award for New York Prisoner Held in Tuberculosis Isolation A New York Federal Jury awarded a prisoner $30,000 for injuries incurred from constitutional violations that resulted from him being held in tuberculosis isolation against his will, despite not …
Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014
California Female Prisoners Sterilized by More than 130 female prisoners at two California facilities were sterilized over a four-year period without required state approval, and some of the women have claimed they were pressured, harassed and even tricked into signing forms agreeing to the sterilizations. The procedure, known as tubal …
Telemedicine Behind Bars by The National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC), which provides accreditation for medical services in prisons, jails and other correctional facilities, held its national conference in Nashville, Tennessee from October 28 to 30, 2013. PLN managing editor Alex Friedmann attended the conference and sat in on …
Publication • 2013
California State Auditor Report on Sterilization June 2014 Sterilization of Female Inmates Some Inmates Were Sterilized Unlawfully, and Safeguards Designed to Limit Occurrences of the Procedure Failed Report 2013-120 COMMITMENT INTEGRITY LEADERSHIP The first five copies of each California State Auditor report are free. Additional copies are $3 each, payable …
Article • April 15, 2013
Preliminary Injunction Granted for Florida Prisoner's Medical Treatment by On November 19, 2009, U.S. District judge granted Motion for Preliminary Injunction that would not delay the prisoner's treatment recommended by outside specialists and physicians. In early 2008, while in State's custody, Rosemarie M. was diagnosed with uterine fibroid tumor which …
Article • March 15, 2011
NY Prisoner May Refuse Life-Saving Medical Treatment by The New York Supreme Court refused to authorize prison officials to treat a prisoner’s diabetes without his consent. New York prisoner Joseph Barbati suffered from Type II diabetes but refused his insulin shots “because, in his opinion, the side effects of insulin …
Houston Police Department Conducted Blood Draw Training on Prisoners by Greg Dober In 2009, to expedite DWI arrests, the Houston Police Department sent seven officers to Lone Star College to be trained as certified phlebotomists. A phlebotomist is a qualified medical technician who draws a person’s blood. During the course …
Diabetic ND Prisoner's Forced Medical Treatment Upheld by North Dakota State Penitentiary prisoner August T. Vogel, who is serving a 90-year sentence for first degree murder, refused medical monitoring and treatment for his diabetes after he was removed from work release, lost his job and was denied a parole board …
Article • May 15, 2007
W.VA Prisoner Forced to Receive Medical Treatment to Prevent Death, But Have Right to Refuse Treatment When Death is Inevitable by W.VA Prisoner Forced to Receive Medical Treatment to Prevent Death, But Have Right to Refuse Treatment When Death is Inevitable The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals held that …
Article • May 15, 2007
Religious Immunization Exemption Statute in Arkansas Voided by A religious exemption from a school immunization statute, which was limited to persons belonging to a "recognized church or religious denomination," application for which was evaluated based on factors including the address of the church, the number of members, times and places …
SICK ON THE INSIDE: Correctional HMOs and the Coming Prison Plague by By Wil S. Hylton When David Hannah walked into a small office on the second floor of the Moberly Correctional Facility in Moberly, Missouri, last fall, carrying his belly like a hundred-pound sack of sand, the staff knew …
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