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Publication • August 3, 2016
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS
Sentenced to Stigma - Segregation of HIV-Positive Prisoners in AL and SC, ACLU HRW, 2010 United States Sentenced to Stigma Segregation of HIV-Positive Prisoners in Alabama and South Carolina H U M A N R I G H T S W A T C H Sentenced to Stigma Segregation of …
Publication • August 3, 2016
HIV in Prisons 1997, DOJ BJS, 1999 U.S Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Revised 12/9/99 th Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin November 1999, NCJ 178284 HIV in Prisons 1997 By Laura M. Maruschak BJS Statistician At yearend 1997, 2.1% of all State and Federal prison inmates were known …
Publication • August 3, 2016
Prison Needle Exchange Lessons From a Comprehensive Review of International Evidence and Experience, Canadian HIV AIDS Legal Network, 2004 Prison Needle Exchange: Lessons from a Comprehensive Review of International Evidence and Experience Prepared by Rick Lines Ralf Jürgens Glenn Betteridge Heino Stöver Dumitru Laticevschi Joachim Nelles Prison Needle Exchange: Lessons …
Number of State Prisoners Age 55 and Over Increased 400% in 20 Years by Derek Gilna Although much of the attention concerning the huge increase in America’s prison population has focused on the federal prison system, a new U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) report found that the number of prisoners …
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 …
A Deadly Dust is Plaguing Hawaii Prisoners in Arizona by Valley fever is widespread in the Southwest, yet Hawaii’s prison officials haven’t paid much attention to it, despite the recent deaths of at least two Hawaii prisoners who had the disease. by Rui Kaneya, Civil Beat In the spring of …
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 …
Report: How Private Prison Companies Cut Corners to Generate Profit by Derek Gilna Private prison companies like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the GEO Group earn hundreds of millions of dollars each year, averaging between $2,771 and $3,366 in profit per prisoner based on 2014 data. According to 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. …
Denver Settles Suit over Sanctioned Assaults of Prisoner for $3.5 Million by On July 24, 2014, the City and County of Denver, Colorado signed off on a $3.5 million settlement of a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a prisoner who was allegedly beaten and scalded with steaming water by …
Article • August 1, 2016
Filed under: Failure to Treat
BOP Prisoner Receives $5,000 Settlement for Medical Care Claim by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $5,000 to settle a prisoner’s civil rights action claiming deliberate indifference to his medical needs. Prisoner Herman Resnick claimed that while at U.S. Penitentiary Lompoc in California in 1998 he was denied two pairs …
Article • August 1, 2016
Filed under: Injury -- Misc.
BOP Pays $80,000 in Slip and Fall Incident by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $80,000 to settle a Federal Tort Claims Act action arising from a slip and fall incident at FCI Milan. Melinda Sexton was a business invitee at the prison on January 31, 1997, “when she slipped …
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 …
Article • August 1, 2016
BOP Pays $50,000 in Trip and Fall Incident by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $50,000 to settle a Federal Tort Claims Act that sought damages for injuries sustained during a trip and fall. Janice West, 71, was entering The Federal Detention Center in Dublin, California, on July 8, 1995, …
Article • August 1, 2016
BOP Pays $12,773 to Settle Negligence Suit by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $12,773.46 to settle a lawsuit claiming injuries incurred during an accident involving a BOP vehicle. Beverly Oliver was a passenger in a vehicle stopped at an intersection on January 31, 1995, in Memphis, Tennessee, when it …
Article • August 1, 2016
Filed under: Failure to Treat, Food
BOP Paid $1,000 to Prisoner Who Caught Salmonella from Chow Hall by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $1,000 to a prisoner who caught salmonella from eating food from the prison kitchen. Angela Elder, a prisoner at the Federal Prison Camp in Alderson, West Virginia, ate dinner on September 14, …
Brief • August 1, 2016
Scott v. Pennsylvania DOC, PA, Settlement, Aphasia Disability Discrimination, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA DONALD SCOTT, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 15-72 v. PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims …
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 …
Article • July 29, 2016
$600,000 Settlement in New Orleans Detainee’s Death by A $600,000 settlement was reached in the death of a pre-trial detainee at Orleans Parish Prison (OPP).  At least five other lawsuits are pending in the deaths of other detainees. Cayne Miceli is one of at least 44 people to die at …
Article • July 29, 2016
$100,000 Settlement in Federal Prisoner’s Death by A $100,000 settlement was reached in a lawsuit concerning the death of a federal prisoner.  The complaint alleged negligence and wrongful death. Prisoner Robert Bassil had a long history of serious heart disease upon reception at FCI Manchester in Kentucky.  That history showed …
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