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Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Former Oregon Prison Nurse Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges by On May 3, 2011, a registered nurse formerly employed by the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) was arrested on misconduct and drug-related charges, according to the Oregon State Police (OSP). The previous month, a Washington County grand jury returned an …
Texas Prison Employees Accused of Improper Relationships with Sex Offenders by Three Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) employees have been accused of engaging in improper relationships with prisoners in sex offender evaluation or treatment programs at the Goree Unit in Huntsville. Two of the employees were counselors in the …
Report Highlights Dual Loyalties in Immigration Detention Health Care by A recent report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) focuses on the “dual loyalties” that medical professionals face when providing health care to detainees in the U.S. immigration system. The March 28, 2011 report highlights the conflicts that arise when …
$45,500 Settlement over Washington Prison Psychologist’s Improper Reference to Prisoner’s Litigation History in Parole Review Report by A $45,500 Settlement was reached in a suit filed for illegal references to court actions, legal complaints and grievance activity in a psychological evaluation report for a parole review. Alvin L. Gilcrist filed …
CCA Psychiatrist’s License Restricted for Sexual Misconduct with Florida Female Prisoners by Florida’s Department of Health (FDH) issued an emergency order in March 2011 that placed restrictions on a psychiatrist accused of sexual misconduct while treating female prisoners at the Hernando County Jail (HCJ). At the time of the alleged …
Article • September 15, 2011
Death Penalty Scrutinized: Court Halts Missouri Physician-Overseen Lethal Drug Execution; Ten States Suspend Executions by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The death penalty has come under renewed scrutiny nationwide with nine states suspending executions by lethal injection. Serious questions have been raised both as to Eighth Amendment concerns of …
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
Idaho: Prison Doctor’s Treatment Fell Below Standard of Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Idaho State Board of Medicine’s Prelitigation Screening Panel found that a prisoner at the CCA-operated Idaho Correctional Center had “borne his burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that Dr. [Stephen] …
Habeas Unavailable for Federal Prisoners’ Medical Claims by Federal prisoners may not resort to habeas corpus to challenge inadequate medical care, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit decided on January 26, 2011. Charles Robinson sought habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 after federal prison officials allegedly …
Article • August 15, 2011
Oregon Jail Deaths Linked to Deficient Care, Misconduct by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson In a March 13, 2008 report, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office concluded that at least two prisoners at the Multnomah County Detention Center (MCDC) – Oregon’s largest jail – died of inadequate medical care and …
Ellis et al v. CCA, IN, Complaint, nurses sued based on poor conditions and inadequate treatment, 2011 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF MARION ) ) SS: ) MARION COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CAUSE NO. HARRIETT ELLIS, TIA MARTIN, ) DELORES McNEIL, ANONI ELMORE, ) PATRICIA FORREST, and SHAVON JONES, ) ) …
Fifth Circuit Grants Louisiana Prison Doctor Qualified Immunity by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Fifth Circuit court of appeals reversed a Louisiana district court’s denial of qualified immunity for a prison doctor. Anthony Gobert, a former Louisiana state prisoner, was incarcerated at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center (EHCC) and …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
New York Ex-Jail Doctor Charged With Selling Prescription Painkillers by The former clinical director of the jail in Nassau County, New York was charged in December 2010 with selling oxycodone, oxycontin and roxycodone without performing patient evaluations or exams. Martin Roginsky, 82, was charged with ten felony counts of criminal …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Ex-BOP Pharmacist Sentenced for Stealing Drugs by The former chief pharmacist at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Fairton, New Jersey has admitted to stealing more than $7,000 worth of drugs, needles and other supplies from the prison’s pharmacy. Brian Walters, 47, pleaded guilty on August 17, 2010 to charges …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Inefficiencies in Prison Pharmacy Operations Cost California Taxpayers at Least $13 Million Annually by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim Responding to concerns brought to its attention by pharmacy staff regarding the amount of medication wasted in California’s prisons, in April 2010 the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Two California Prisoners Die as a Result of Doctor’s Negligence by Derek Gilna A Costa Mesa, California doctor’s negligence contributed to the deaths of two prisoners and near-blindness of a third, according to a December 2010 announcement by the state’s medical board. Dr. Allan J.T. Yin, 74, was placed on …
Brief • February 24, 2011
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Study: CIA Doctors ‘Gave Green Light to Torture’ by Muriel Kane A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reveals that physicians with the CIA’s Office of Medical Services (OMS) played an even greater role in facilitating the torture of detainees than was previously recognized. As …
Physicians for Human Rights: CIA Performed Illegal Medical Experiments While Torturing Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to a report released by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) in June 2010, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) performed illegal non-consensual human medical experiments on high-value terrorism detainees in connection with …
Medical Examiners Lack Qualifications, Competence, Oversight by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Most people will only have direct contact with a medical examiner, also known as a forensic pathologist, after they are dead. Thus, medical examiners have a certain mystic quality and are perceived as both doctors and sleuths who …
Are Doctors Complicit in Prison Torture? The Maine Medical Community Looks at Solitary Confinement by Lance Tapley In the past few years an outcry has arisen over the involvement of military and CIA medical professionals and psychologists in torture, including psychologically destructive solitary confinement of “war on terror” detainees at …
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