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Georgia’s Prison Health System Squeezed by Increasing Population, Decreasing Staff Budget by David Reutter Georgia's Prison Health System Squeezed by Increasing Population, Decreasing Staff Budget by David M. Reutter With an increase in Georgia's prison population, the cost to provide medical care to prisoners has soared. Due to legislative budgetary …
Death Sentence: The Feds Throw the Book at King County'sJail as Prisoner Fatalities Skyrocket by Rick Anderson Death Sentence: The Feds Throw the Book at King County's Jail as Prisoner Fatalities Skyrocket by Rick Anderson A few months after two prisoners in the downtown King County Jail in Seattle, Washington …
Los Angeles Settles County Jail Murder Suit For $1 Million by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On August 14, 2007, Los Angeles County settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a mentally ill prisoner who was stomped to death in a holding cell by two prisoners, while guards …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
$100,000 Settlement in Missouri Jail Prisoner’s Methamphetamine Overdose Death by $100,000 Settlement in Missouri Jail Prisoner's Methamphetamine Overdose Death When arrested during a traffic stop on June 4, 2005, 20-year-old Sheena Crawford ingested methamphetamine. Upon being booked into Missouri's Pettis County Jail, Crawford advised guards Jennifer Meyer and Clarence McGuldrick …
Article • January 15, 2008
Settlement Involving Public Funds Discloseable Absent Contractual Confidentiality or Statutorily Protected Provisions by An anonymous Pennsylvania husband (plaintiff) filed a motion to seal his petition for settlement approval resulting from a malpractice suit following his wife's death. The court denied his motion because the information was made public upon the …
Wrongful Death Suit Reinstated for Plaintiff Substitution; Dismissed Again by by Bob Williams The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has reversed the dismissal of a wrongful death suit and allowed the deceased prisoner's wife to be substituted as plaintiff. On remand, the United States District Court …
Largest Oregon Jail a Cesspool of Misconduct and Mismanagement, Report Finds; Sheriff Faulted and Under Fire by Mark Wilson On November 1, 2006, the Multnomah County District Attorney?s (DA?s) Office in Portland, Oregon released a blistering 63-page report that found systemic, shocking problems in the state?s largest jail system. ?Conservative? …
$195,000 Paid to Family of Slain Florida Prison Guard by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has agreed to pay $195,000 to the family of murdered prison guard Darla Kay Lathrem, 38. PLN previously reported the incident. [See: PLN, April 2006, p.42]. Lathrem was …
Wrongful Death Suit Against LA County Jail Settles For $750,000 by The surviving family of an untreated and mistreated mentally unstable diabetic prisoner who died at the Los Angeles, California (LA) County Jail settled their wrongful death lawsuit against the county and LA Sheriff?s officials for $750,000 in May 2007. …
Brief • December 20, 2007
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Order Def Mot SJ, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2007 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 122 Filed 12/20/2007 Page 1 of 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN JOSE DIVISION …
Pennsylvania County Jail System Overcrowded, Under-Regulated by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Almost everyone with experience on the incarceration side of America's criminal justice system will tell you they would rather do time in prison than in a jail. The primary reason is that the overall conditions of confinement …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
County, Contractor Settle Diabetic New Jersey Prisoner’s Death for $700,000 by County, Contractor Settle Diabetic New Jersey Prisoner's Death for $700,000 On April 3, 2007, Essex County, New Jersey, and Correctional Health Services (CHS) paid $700,000 to settle with the family of a man who died from insulin deficiency after …
Dallas, Texas, Jail Pays $950,000 for Neglecting Mentally Ill Prisoners by Michael Rigby On February 20, 2007, the Dallas County, Texas, Jail agreed to pay $950,000 for its negligent mistreatment of three mentally ill individuals, one of whom died, while imprisoned at the jail awaiting competency hearings. In 2004, James …
Michigan’s Solution to Prisoner Healthcare: Close the Prison by David Reutter Michigan's Solution to Prisoner Healthcare: Close the Prison by David M. Reutter In December 2006, a federal district court found the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) in contempt in the long-running Hadix case, and ordered prison officials to submit …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
Texas Wrongful Death Jail Lawsuit Settles For $375,000 by In June 2006, Navarro County, Texas, agreed to pay $375,000 to the family of a juvenile prisoner who received no medical attention following his imprisonment in the county jail and died the following day. Jesus Martinez, a minor, was arrested on …
Wrongful Death At Wallens Ridge State Prison Settled For $1,540,000 by In 2002, the state of Connecticut paid $1.1 million and in 2003 the state of Virginia paid $350,000 to the family of Connecticut state prisoner Larry Frazier who died a torturous death in a supermax prison. To ease Connecticut …
Article • December 15, 2007
Kansas Medical Neglect Death Case Settled for $35,000 by A Kansas prisoner's estate was paid $35,000 to settle a case related to his death. While confined in the Sedgwick County Correctional Facility, Mr. Stockwell suffered from acute chronic alcohol withdrawal. He was denied medical care, placed in wrist shackles and …
Brief • November 30, 2007
Filed under: Wrongful Death
Nichols v. Prison Health Services, VT, Release, Wrongful Death, 2007 GENERAL RELEASE For and in consideration of the sum of Thirty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and noll 00 ($32,500.00), lawful money of the United States, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned Eva Nichols, Administratrix of the Estate …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Suit Over Death in Rockwall County, Texas, Settles for $100,000 by Rockwall County, Texas, and Lake Pointe Medical Center will pay $100,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of a prisoner who died after being turned away from the hospital twice in 2004. Sharon Mann claimed …
Dallas County Jail Deficient, Says 2006 Report; DOJ Files Suit by Gary Hunter Just over two years ago, the jail in Dallas County, Texas (DCJ) failed state certification inspections and came under fire for numerous high profile cases of prisoner deaths and neglect. A U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) report, …
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