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Tennessee: Staph Outbreak, Delayed Treatment, Death Highlight Prison Healthcare Problems by Michael Rigby An outbreak of staph infection, the delayed treatment of a brain tumor, and a preventable heart attack are just a few of the problems Tennessee prisoners have faced while in the care of private contractors. In September …
CCA Medical Contract Doesn't Violate 8th Amendment by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated an injunction holding a contract between Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and a private doctor; Dr. Robert B. Coble, was unconstitutional. The contract at issue required Dr. Coble to, among other things, "determine the …
No Qualified Immunity for Florida Jail Guards in Prisoner Murder by The U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in a case involving a Florida pre-trial detainee's death at the hands of a mentally ill co-prisoner, affirmed denial of qualified immunity to two guards at the North Broward Detention Center (NBDC) …
Florida Jail Pays Prisoner's Family $2.5 Million in Methadone Withdrawal Death by On May 23, 2001, Karen Johnson, 43, literally died of medical neglect while being held prisoner in the Orange County Jail in Orlando, Florida. In July, 2002 PLN reported how Johnson desperately pleaded with her captors to continue …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
$1.5 Million Verdict in NYC Jail Medical Malpractice Death by A jury awarded $1.5 million on January 23, 2004 for the wrongful death of a 37 year-old mother of six who died on September 30, 1998 in a New York City (NYC) jail holding cell from improper medications given her. …
$450,000 Settlement in California Prison Murder Suit by The California Department of Corrections (CDC) agreed on October 15, 2003 to pay $450,000 to settle the civil rights complaint brought by the surviving family of a prisoner murdered by his cellmate. Jeffrey Ford, an effeminate homosexual serving prison time for petty …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
$22 Million Washington Parole Liability Verdict Affirmed, Review Granted by State Supreme Court by $22 Million Washington Parole Liability Verdict Affirmed, Review Granted by State Supreme Court On August 8, 1997, Vernon Valdez Stewart stole a car, sped through an intersection in Tacoma, Washington, and collided with another vehicle. The …
$1.4 Million Awarded in Kansas Prisoner Death by In August, 2003 a State Jury in Leavenworth County, Kansas, awarded the son of a Kansas State prisoner who was killed after being stabbed by another prisoner on August 8, 2000, $1.4 million. Donald R. Grisham was stabbed on his 27th birthday …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
California Pays $1.25 Million for Woman Crushed by State Prison Bus by A Ventura County, California jury awarded $1.25 million on August 6, 2002 for the wrongful death of an 88 year-old woman who was run over by a full sized state prison bus as it was turning right out …
Another Death in a Wisconsin Prison by Gary Hunter "Unremarkable." That's what prison nurse Jolinda Waterman called Donnie Powe's condition when she relegated him to an observation cell. Guards perfunctorily recorded his declining health right up until he died, face down on the floor of his 6 by 8 foot …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Washington DOC/King County Settles Negligent Supervision Case for $3.1 Million by Washington DOC/King County Settles Negligent Supervision Case for $3.1 Million On March 9, 2003, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) and King County agreed to pay $3.1 million to the family of a woman who was brutally raped and …
Canadian Prisoner Dies After Drinking Drug-Laced Vomit, Others Charged by Michael Rigby Canadian Prisoner Dies After Drinking Drug-Laced Vomit, Others Charged by Michael Rigby Prisoners at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (Canada) have been drinking each other's drug-laced vomit in order to get high. One woman …
BOP, FBI Investigations in Texas, Oregon, Arizona, and California Federal Prisons by Michael Rigby BOP, FBI Investigations in Texas, Oregon, Arizona, and California Federal Prisons by Michael Rigby Murder, riots, drug overdoses, and allegations of official corruption have prompted the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and the FBI to launch investigations …
Brief • April 7, 2004
McDonough v. County of Ventura, CA, Complaint, Police Shoot and Kill Teenager, 2004 PETER M. WILLIAMSON, State Bar No. 97309 WILLIAMSON & ASSOCIATES 2 13915 Panay Way, Suite One Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6102 3 Tel: (310) 822-3377/ Fax: (310) 821-7027 1 BRIAN R. MAGA¼A, State Bar No. 57680 MAGA¼A, …
Cornell Company - The Prison Industry's Enron by Gary Hunter It was not an earthshaking day when Cornell Corrections was founded in 1991. It was more like a pebble plummeting over a cliff, leading to a landslide of greed and corruption. Backed by Dillon Read Venture Capital, David Cornell's callous …
$40.1 Million Verdict Against CSC in Texas Prisoner's Medical Neglect Death by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A Tarrant County, Texas jury awarded $35 million for negligence in the death of a boot camp prisoner, plus $5.1 million in punitive damages, against Florida-based Correctional Services Corp. (CSC) and …
$900,000 Settlement in California Alcoholic's Jail Death From "DTs" by The County of San Joaquin agreed to pay $550,000, and the City of Lodi, California, $350,000, in a March, 2003 settlement of the 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint by the surviving children of a 31 year-old detainee with a long …
Prisoners and Guards Charged With Murder as Drugs and Brutality Plague State Prisons by Vermont: Four prisoners died in the custody of the Vermont Department of Corrections during a five week period between April and May 2003. Only one died of natural causes. [Editor's Note: PLN contributing writer James Quigley …
$850,000 Settlement in LA County Jail Failure to Medicate Wrongful Death by The County of Los Angeles (LA), California settled a wrongful death claim on March 14, 2003 brought by the wife of an LA County Jail prisoner who died 2 ½ days after incarceration in August, 1999 because he …
Death at North Carolina Lock Up Spotlights Troubled Jail System by Michael Rigby Death At North Carolina Lock Up Spotlights Troubled Jail System by Michael Rigby The death of Christopher Lee Wood at North Carolina's Cherokee County jail has served to illuminate a sordid history of prisoner abuse, FBI investigations …
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