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Widow of Murdered Maine Prisoner Paid $100,000 Settlement by On February 26, 2014, Janet Weinstein, widow of murdered Maine state prisoner Sheldon Weinstein, was paid $100,000 to settle any claim she had against the State of Maine or Corizon, Inc., the provider of prisoner health care at the Maine State …
U.S. Settles Suit over Fatal Medical Negligence of Prisoner for $152,000 by Wayne David Crosser was convicted and sentenced on federal charges. He was kept in a holding cell at the MCC in San Diego while awaiting transportation to Texas for further prosecution. He suffered from a serious medical condition …
Article • August 10, 2016
California Lawmakers Block Prison Sterilization Epidemic by Derek Gilna California legislators passed a bill in August of 2014 that should put an end to a clear abuse of power by the state's jailers. Female state prisoners in California have been the victim of scores of forced sterilizations by prison medical …
Article • August 10, 2016
Guam Correctional Issues Plague Prisoner Medical Care by Derek Gilna For twenty-three years a federal receiver has overseen Guam's troubled correctional system, but unfortunately for prisoners, medical care still appears to be substandard. According to a status report issued in the past two weeks, of 144 prisoners seeking some form …
Article • August 10, 2016
Audit Shows California Sterilized Women Prisoners Improperly by Derek Gilna A report prepared by the California State Auditor has revealed yet another serious problem in prisoner medical care in the state.  The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation carried out dozens of illegal sterilizations of its women prisoners from 2005 …
Federal Detention Center in Chicago Agrees to $1 Million Wrongful Death Settlement by Derek Gilna For over ten years defense attorneys and their clients in Chicago have complained about the quality of medical treatment for prisoners at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), Chicago, located in a decaying 28-story high rise …
60% of Louisiana Prison Doctors Disciplined by Medical Board by Matthew Clarke Of the fifteen physicians employed by the Louisiana prison system, nine have received medical board disciplinary sanctions. Of those nine, two have served time in federal prison, five are on probation, two have their practice limited to "institutional …
Illinois DOC Settles Lawsuit Over Mental Health Treatment by Derek Gilna It took eight years but civil rights attorneys finally prevailed in a federal lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), entering into a settlement that requires prison officials to provide 11,000 mentally ill state prisoners with adequate mental …
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Bivens Claim, Discusses Inmate Accident Compensation Act by Derek Gilna On May 11, 2016, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s dismissal of a former prisoner’s civil rights action. Stephen Ted Koprowski, who was incarcerated at USP Ft. McCreary in …
Hawaii Prisoner Awarded $7.2 Million after Losing His Fingers and Feet by Christopher Zoukis In October 2011, 30-year-old Aaron David Persin was accosted by police officers for having an open container of alcohol. When they determined that he had warrants for missing traffic court they arrested Persin, who was homeless. …
BOP Pays $75,000 to Settle Negligence Suit in Prisoner’s Death by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $75,000 to settle a Federal Tort Claims Act action alleging negligence in the death of a prisoner. The complaint alleged that Harold Good Voice Flute was held at FCI Sandstone in Minnesota when …
Jail’s Private Medical Employees Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity by An Arizona federal district court concluded that employees of Corizon Health, a private company providing care to prisoners at the Mohave County Adult Detention Facility, “are not within the class of persons to whom qualified immunity is afforded.” The plaintiff …
$700,000 Settlement in BOP Prisoner’s Delayed Treatment Claim by The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) agreed to a $700,000 settlement in a lawsuit alleging prison doctors failed to properly treat a prisoner who suffered a head injury form an assault. Prisoner Nathaniel Askew was incarcerated at FCI-Safford in Arizona on …
Brief • July 29, 2016
Newell v. Warren County, KY, Plaintiff's First Discovery Request, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY BOWLING GREEN DIVISION [Filed Electronically] JOHN WESLEY NEWELL, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) PLAINTIFF v. WARREN COUNTY, KENTUCKY, et al., DEFENDANTS. Case No. 1:16-cv-70-GNS PLAINTIFF’S FIRST DISCOVERY REQUESTS …
Sanders et al v. Bottom et al, KY, Complaint, CorrectCare death medical negligence, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION at LEXINGTON [Filed Electronically] RANDY DEWAYNE SANDERS, JR., Administrator of the Estate of RANDY DEWAYNE SANDERS, SR., deceased, -andKORTNEY SANDERS, Guardian of B.R.S. and H.M.J.S., minor …
Publication • July 12, 2016
10 Things Correctional Nurses Need to Do to End Up in Court, Wild, 2013
State of New York v. Armor Correctional Health, NY, MoL Support of Petition, contractual breaches malpractice fraud, 2016 FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 07/11/2016 07:58 PM NYSCEF DOC. NO. 6 INDEX NO. 450835/2016 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 07/11/2016 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------- X …
State of New York v. Armor Correctional Health, NY, Petition, contractual breaches malpractice fraud, 2016 FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 07/11/2016 03:02 PM NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1 INDEX NO. 450835/2016 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 07/11/2016 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE …
Rice v. Montgomery County, KY, Complaint, Wrongful Death Seizure, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION at LEXINGTON [Filed Electronically] DIANA RICE, Administratrix of the estate of RONALD CALVIN GAUNCE, deceased, and NEXT FRIEND of Mr. Gaunces’ minor child, S.C.G., PLAINTIFF v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KENTUCKY Serve: …
Fischer v. Georgia DOC, GA, Complaint, Inmate Mistreatment, 2016 Case 2:16-cv-00143-RWS Document 1 Filed 06/23/16 Page 1 of 9 2:16-cv-143 Case 2:16-cv-00143-RWS Document 1 Filed 06/23/16 Page 2 of 9 Case 2:16-cv-00143-RWS Document 1 Filed 06/23/16 Page 3 of 9 Case 2:16-cv-00143-RWS Document 1 Filed 06/23/16 Page 4 of 9 …
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