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Illinois Jail Doctor Leaves Trail of Medical Misery Across Several States by Matthew Clarke A doctor has been associated with the medical maltreatment of multiple jail prisoners across several states during close to two decades of practice. Some of the prisoners died. Yet Dr. Stephen Austin Cullinan of Peoria, Illinois …
Texas Federal Jury Awards $2.25 Million in Private Prison Medical Neglect Case by On October 24, 2012, a Texas federal jury awarded $2.25 million to the survivors of a federal prisoner who died while in the custody of a private prison due to prison officials' failure to provide him with …
Article • August 24, 2016
Illinois Prisoner Receives $12 Million Jury Award in Medical Neglect Suit by Matthew Clarke On January 18, 2013, an Illinois federal jury awarded an Illinois prisoner $12 Million against an Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) Correctional Medical Technician (CMT) who failed to provide him his anti-seizure medication which allowed him …
Los Angeles County Settles Prisoner's Medical Care Suit for $5 Million by On January 22, 2012, the County of Los Angeles, California settled a former jail prisoner's suit for over $5,000,000. The suit alleged that negligent medical care in the county jail injured the prisoner's unborn son. Karen Works, a …
Article • August 23, 2016
$400,000 Award against PHS in Pennsylvania Prisoner's Medical Negligence Suit by On February 17, 2012, a Pennsylvania jury awarded a former prisoner 8400,000 in a suit over medical negligence resulting in serious injury to him. Derrick Jones was a Pennsylvania state prisoner incarcerated at SCI Albion on March 12, 2006, when …
Tattoo Artist Dies in California Jail Detox Cell by Since the for-profit California Forensic Medical Group (CFMC) took over healthcare at the Santa Cruz County Jail last year, the medical staff has been forcing police to take more injured suspects to the hospital before they get booked, likely because the potential …
Deaths at Louisville Jail Prompt Investigations, Corizon Changes by Five of eight prisoner deaths since 2011 at the Metro Corrections jail in Louisville, Ky., are currently under investigation, all of them involving allegations against private healthcare contractor Corizon Inc. that it pro­vides inadequate treatment to maintain its revenues. Investigations into …
Meth OD, Taser & Restraint Chair = Washington Prisoner Death by A Washington man died in jail, soon after paramedics examined him for a methamphetamine overdose but released him into police custody. Although the cause of death was not immediately disclosed, the diabetic prisoner was Tased and confined in a …
Article • August 23, 2016
Oregon Prisoner Paralyzed by Suicide Attempt Seeks $12 Million by An Oregon prisoner who attempted to commit suicide but ended up a quadriplegic is suing jail officials for $12 million. On May 4, 2012, Westley Wilson, 29, was arrested in Portland, Oregon, for violating a restraining order. He was initially …
Article • August 23, 2016
Texas Ramps Up Medical Paroles by Matthew Clarke Recently, Texas has increased the use of medically-recommended parole. The parole board approved over twice as many medical releases in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 than it did in FY 2009. Even so, the 85 Texas prisoners approved to be released for medical …
Article • August 23, 2016
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Texas Contracts with Huntsville Hospital for Prisoner Health Care by On February 10, 2012, the Texas Board of Criminal Justice approved a $46.8 million contract with Huntsville Memorial Hospital to provide health care for the 13,900 state prisoners in the Huntsville, Texas area. This may be the first step toward …
Article • August 23, 2016
Missouri to Execute Death-Row Prisoners with Drug that Killed Michael Jackson by If propofol was lethal enough to kill the King of Pop. Missouri's Department of Corrections figures that it's sufficient to execute its death-row prisoners. State DOC officials announced in May that they were replacing their three-drug method for …
Article • August 23, 2016
High Costs, Not Human Rights, Forces Georgia to Release Its Sickest Prisoners by For now, fiscal crises in Georgia will have to suffice for human decency with the state's Board of Pardons and Paroles releasing dozens of sick and elderly prisoners annually to save millions in medical spending. But even …
Publication • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Corrections Audits, Medical
Report of the Independent Monitor of the Amended MoA between the DOJ and Delaware DOC, DE Prison Monitor, 2010 Potter PII Anderson ~Corroon UP REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR OF THE AMENDED MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE STATE OF DELAWARE REGARDING THE JAMES …
Publication • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Corrections Audits, Medical
Correctional Managed Health Care at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX SAO, 2011 John Keel, CPA State Auditor An Audit Report on Correctional Managed Health Care at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston February 2011 Report No. 11-017 An Audit Report on Correctional Managed Health …
Publication • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Corrections Audits, Medical
Report of the Independent Monitor of the Amended MoA between the DOJ and Delaware DOC, DE Prison Monitor, 2009 Potter PII Anderson ~Corroon UP FIFTH SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR OF THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE STATE OF DELAWARE REGARDING THE …
Article • August 22, 2016
BOP Dentist Gets Slap On The Wrist for Sex Abuse by Brandon Sample A federal judge has sentenced a former Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) dentist to five months imprisonment, five months home confinement, and a $3,000 fine for having sex with a female prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institution …
Article • August 22, 2016
New Ways to Help HIV+ Texas Releasees Receive Meds Promised by When Diana Harris was released from a Texas prison over a decade ago, she wasn't given any information on how to continue her regime of HIV medication. When the ten-day supply of meds the prison had issued her ran …
Article • August 22, 2016
Washington Paraplegic’s Suit Settled for $2,750, Singe Cell and Specialist Consult by The State of Washington paid a paraplegic prisoner $250 in costs, and $2,500 in attorney’s fees to settle a federal lawsuit alleging inadequate medical care, pain management and living conditions. The State also agreed to a specialist consult, …
Federal Bureau of Prisons Settles for $1.2 Million on Wrongful Death by The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) elected to settle a wrongful death demand letter from the attorney for the deceased’s estate to the BOP. No claim was filed. The deceased, Thomas M. Fitzgerald, was incarcerated under the control …
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