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Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
$750,000 Settlement for Washington State Prisoner’s Wrongful Death by Carrie Wilkinson $750,000 Settlement for Washington State Prisoner’s Wrongful Death by Carrie Wilkinson Although Prison Legal News and its parent organization, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), are best known for litigation involving censorship by prison and jail officials, HRDC also …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
In Washington State Prisons, Negligent Health Care Turns Illness into a Death Sentence by Rick Anderson In Washington State Prisons, Negligent Health Care Turns Illness into a Death Sentence Ricardo Cruz Mejia went to prison a murderer, he left a victim. by Rick Anderson Ricardo Cruz Mejia’s final days began …
Brief • October 9, 2014
Hesterberg v. United States, CA, Opinion, Excessive Force by Taser, 2014 Case3:13-cv-01265-JSC Document123 Filed10/09/14 Page1 of 36 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 8 9 GARY HESTERBERG, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 13-cv-01265-JSC UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OPINION Defendant. 10 United States …
Article • October 5, 2014
State of Washington Settles in Prisoner’s Retaliatory Segregation Claim by State of Washington Settles in Prisoner’s Retaliatory Segregation Claim   The State of Washington reached a settlement of $11,000 and appropriate dental care in February 2004 with Patrick J. Hoffman, a prisoner at Stafford Creek Correctional Center, Intensive Management Unit. …
Article • October 5, 2014
Los Angeles County Settles Wrongful Death for $150,000 by Los Angeles County Settles Wrongful Death for $150,000   The Los Angeles County Claims Board (LACCB) agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming wrongful death of a prisoner.   Pamela Wimberley, a diabetic, was a prisoner at the Twin …
Article • October 5, 2014
$350,000 Settlement in Immigrant Detainee’s Death Caused by Medical Neglect by $350,000 Settlement in Immigrant Detainee’s Death Caused by Medical Neglect   A wrongful death lawsuit against Virginia’s Piedmont Regional Jail (PRJ) has been settled for $350,000. The death involved an immigration detainee who died from complications of an untreated …
Article • October 3, 2014
Auditors Find Deficiencies in Tennessee Prison Operations by David Reutter Auditors Find Deficiencies in Tennessee Prison Operations   by David M. Reutter   A performance audit of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) was released in September 2012 by the state’s Comptroller of the Treasury. It made five findings related …
Another Florida Youth Languishes in Pain until Death While Guards Idly Watch by David Reutter Another Florida Youth Languishes in Pain until Death While Guards Idly Watch   By David M. Reutter   A sense of fear and apprehension about overstepping authority kept guards at a Florida Department of Juvenile …
Article • October 3, 2014
Another Failed Experiment: Minnesota’s Private Prison Health Care Saves Money but Costs Lives by David Reutter Another Failed Experiment: Minnesota’s Private Prison Health Care Saves Money but Costs Lives   by David M. Reutter   Minnesota privatized its prison health care system in 1998 to achieve cost savings. While it …
Article • October 3, 2014
No Panacea, but Obamacare Could Help Reduce Prison Population, Report Says by No Panacea, but Obamacare Could Help Reduce Prison Population, Report Says   Even before the presidential election secured the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly referred to as "Obamacare,” many prisoner advocates were championing the …
Medical Neglect Killing Prisoners at CCA-Run Texas Prison? by Matthew Clarke Medical Neglect Killing Prisoners at CCA-Run Texas Prison?   by Matthew Clarke   Family members and former Dawson State Jail prisoners are alleging medical neglect led to the recent deaths of two prisoners at the Corrections Corporation of America …
Article • October 3, 2014
Filed under: OB/GYN, Stun Guns/Tasers
La Porte, Indiana Prisoner Loses Baby after Being Tasered by Derek Gilna La Porte, Indiana Prisoner Loses Baby after Being Tasered   by Derek Gilna   In an incident certain to reignite the controversy over the use of Tasers, a pregnant La Porte County jail prisoner was tasered during an …
Article • October 3, 2014
California Prisoners Forced to Deal with Threat of Valley Fever by California Prisoners Forced to Deal with Threat of Valley Fever   The best way to avoid catching valley fever is to, naturally, stay out of the valley. But in central California's San Joaquin Valley, where the fungus that causes …
Article • October 3, 2014
Arizona Fines Wexford $10,000 for Neglect, Hepatitis C Exposure by Arizona Fines Wexford $10,000 for Neglect, Hepatitis C Exposure   The Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) disciplined its former prison healthcare provider like a parent who banishes a teenager to the cozy confines of his bedroom.   Wexford Health Sources, …
Pay to Prey Report on the Privatization of Public Services Center for Media and Democracy 2014 Pay to Prey Governors Facilitate the Predatory Outsourcing of America’s Public Services CENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY October 2014 © 2014 Center for Media and Democracy. All rights reserved. No part of this document …
Brief • September 30, 2014
Graves v. Arpaio, AZ, Order, Maricopa Medical Care Injunction, 2014 Case 2:77-cv-00479-NVW Document 2283 Filed 09/30/14 Page 1 of 66 1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 10 Fred Graves, Isaac Popoca, on their own behalf …
Brief • September 29, 2014
Filed under: Medical, Settlements
Miceli v. Gusman, LA, Settlement Agreement, 2014
Brief • September 27, 2014
Filed under: Medical, Jail Specific
AG NY v Correction Medical Care Inc, NY, Settlement Agreement, jail health care, 2014 ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK In the Matter of CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL CARE, INC. Assurance No.: 13-495 ASSURANCE OF DISCONTINUANCE PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE LAW SECTION 63, SUBDIVISION 15 Pursuant to the provisions of the …
Kirk v. Foster, NV, Report and Recommendation of Judge, Pretrial Detainment Conditions, 2014 ::'• --· -· 'J Case 3:13-cv-00296-RCJ-WGC Document 51 Filed 09/29/14 Page 1 of 23 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 6 DEREK KIRK, 7 Plaintiff, •8 9 3:13-cv-00296-RCJ-WGC v. REPORT & …
Brief • September 23, 2014
Bilotta v. Ottawa Jail, ON(CA), Complaint, 2014 Court File No. ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE BETWEEN: JULIE BILOTTA Plaintiff - and – HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF ONTARIO, MELANIE COCHRANE CYNTHIA COVELL, JACKIE DORAZIO, DELIANE FRASER, S. GARNETT, EMMANUELLE GODIN, ROSE GYASI, ROSALIND GYASI, DOUG HORNER, JANET KAMEI, …
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