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Medical Claims Against CMS to be Refiled in State Court by By Matthew T. Clarke A federal district court in Illinois has dismissed the breach of medical care duty suit of a suicide prisoner's estate against Correctional Medical Services of Illinois (CMS), but encouraged the refilling of the suit in …
Brief • September 23, 2000
Filed under: Hepatitis, Failure to Treat
Sheptin v. US, IL, Complaint, BOP Hepatitis C Medical Suit, 2000
DOJ Investigates CMS Health Care at Missouri Prison by Michael Rigby DOJ Investigates CMS Health Care At Missouri Prison by Michael Rigby Allegations of improper medical treat-ment, lack of medical treatment, and several suspicious deaths at the Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center, a state women's prison in Vandalia, …
2003 Washington Legislative Round-up by Lonnie Burton In its 2003 session the Washington leg-islature enacted numerous laws affecting prisoners. Highlights of the most relevant laws are as follows: Regional Jails Substitute House Bill 1609 instructs the Sentencing Guidelines Commission to present a plan by Dec. 31, 2003, for creating "pilot …
Article • May 15, 2000 • from PLN May, 2000
Filed under: Medical, Hepatitis
Colorado Denies Hepatitis C Treatment as Too Expensive by Bob Williams While much attention has been paid lately to denying AIDS/HIV treatment as being too expensive for prisoners, little focus has been aimed at those restricting or denying treatment for prisoner's infected with the hepatitis C virus. Hepatitis is spreading …
Article • July 15, 1998 • from PLN July, 1998
Filed under: Medical, Hepatitis
Hepatitis C Epidemic Threatens California Prisoners by Willie Wisely Hepatitis C, a potentially deadly strain of liver disease, is spreading out of control through the California prison system. Blood tests conducted on 4,764 incoming prisoners for a three month period in 1994 showed that 41 percent were infected with the …
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