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Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Study Shows Few Texas Prisoners Transition Well to Community HIV Treatment by by Matt Clarke On February 25, 2009, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published an article which reported what percentage of Texas prisoners who were receiving Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) for HIV while in prison accessed ART …
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
$30,000 Settlement in Milwaukee Jail Death by The City of Milwaukee and other city officials settled a case involving a man who died in jail for $30,000. The case was published in April 2008. Felix Hopgood, 38, was arrested for shoplifting in July 2003. About 2½ hours after his arrest, …
Marin County Agrees to Pay $300,000 to Prisoner Severely Injured After Being Denied Psych Meds by On September 13, 2006, the County of Marin, California agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a former Marin County prisoner who severely injured himself after being denied psychiatric medications. Jacob Neitzel had a …
Court Allows Deliberate Indifference Claim for Denial of Medication to Proceed by U.S. Magistrate Judge B. Janice Ellington has allowed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action to move beyond screening. The action, brought by a former Nueces County Jail prisoner, alleges that jail officials were deliberately indifferent in providing the …
$1,400 Settlement in WTO Protester’s Claim by Washington State’s King County Jail paid $1,390.62 to settle the claim of Philip E. Craft, who was arrested for protesting the WTO and was in jail from December 1 – 5, 1999. Craft alleged that prior to being arrested, he was pepper sprayed …
Article • July 15, 2009
$2,000 Settlement in Seattle Jail Medication Claim by Washington State’s King County paid $1,975 to settle the claim of Lenard Lindsey for events that occurred between March 20, 2000 and May 18, 2000. While riding in a jail vehicle that was forced to make a sudden stop on March 20, …
Michigan Jail Officials Lied and Hid Documents in Lawsuit Over Prisoner’s Death by David Reutter Michigan Jail Officials Lied and Hid Documents in Lawsuit Over Prisoner’s Death by David M. Reutter On the eve of trial, a Michigan U.S. District Court adjourned a civil rights suit to reopen fact finding …
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
Filed under: Medical, Medication, Hepatitis
Study Shows Treating HCV in Prisons with Pegylated Interferon Is Cost-Effective by Matthew Clarke Study Shows Treating HCV in Prisons with Pegylated Interferon Is Cost-Effective by Matt Clarke A new study published in the November 2008 issue of the medical journal Hepatology found that treating hepatitis C-infected prisoners with the …
Los Angeles County Pays $850,000 for Police Misconduct Death and $595,000 in Jail Medical-Related Death by Los Angeles County Pays $850,000 for Police Misconduct Death and $595,000 in Jail Medical-Related Death Los Angeles County settled two lawsuits in July 2008 for a total of $1,445,000. Of that amount, $850,000 went …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Prisons Flush Drugs, Contaminate Water Supply by Mark Wilson Each year, tons of unused pharmaceuticals are flushed by America’s state and federal prisons, hospitals and long-term care facilities, contaminating the nation’s drinking water, according to an Associated Press (AP) investigation. “We flush it and flush it and flush it – …
GEO Cancels Contract at Pennsylvania Jail, Looks Elsewhere for Business by David Reutter GEO Cancels Contract at Pennsylvania Jail, Looks Elsewhere for Business by David M. Reutter GEO Group, Inc. (formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections), the second-largest private prison company in the nation, has operated the jail in Delaware County, …
$3.6 Million Settlement in Michigan Prisoner’s Segregation Cell Death by The family of Timothy Souders has agreed to accept $3.25 to settle a wrongful death claim relating to Timothy’s death. Timothy, 21, was the subject of a May 2007 PLN cover article, and a February 11, 2007, report on 60 …
California Jail Restraint and Tasering Death Settles for $3 Million by California Jail Restraint and Tasering Death Settles for $3 Million The surviving family of a deceased detainee at the Santa Cruz, California jail settled their wrongful death suit against Santa Cruz County and its sheriff’s personnel for $3 million …
Florida Federal Prisoner's Negligently Treated Seizures Result in Paralysis by Florida federal prisoner Harold Wood brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2001 after Bureau of Prisons medical personnel failed to follow medical advice resulting in permanent disabling injuries. The $30 million suit settled for an undisclosed …
Article • February 15, 2009
Filed under: Medical, Medication
American Service Group Sells Secure Pharmacy Plus to Maxor by On April 12, 2007, Brentwood, Tennessee-based American Service Group (ASG), one of the largest private providers of prison health care announced the sale of certain assets of its prison pharmacy subsidiary, Secure Pharmacy Plus, to Maxor National Pharmacy Services Corporation. …
Article • February 15, 2009
$11,000 Settlement For Failure To Treat Federal Prisoner's Hepatitis "C" Virus by Illinois federal prisoner Louis Sheptin brought a combined federal tort and Bivens action against the United States in 2000 for the failure to treat and disclose to him that he was infected with Hepatitis "C." The $10 million …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Jury Awards Almost $900,000 to Dallas County Jail Stroke Victim by Gary Hunter After a one week trial and a day of deliberation a federal jury awarded Stanley Shepherd $890,336 when a stroke he suffered, in the Dallas County jail, left him permanently paralyzed. On October 4, 2003 Shepherd was …
Transgender Idaho Prisoner Receives Hormone Therapy Pending Trial by A federal judge has ordered the Idaho Department of Corrections (IDOC) to provide hormone therapy to a prisoner with gender identity disorder pending trial. The preliminary injunction, issued July 27, 2007, was in response to a lawsuit filed by Jennifer Spencer, …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
U.S. Homeland Security Illegally Drugged Immigrants for Deportation by Gary Hunter Until recently, immigrants destined for deportation due to their illegal residency status in the United States faced the possibility of being drugged before leaving. Since 2003, there have been more than 250 cases where psychotropic drugs were inappropriately administered …
Former PHS Doctor Arrested on Drug Charges by Former PHS Doctor Arrested on Drug Charges In July 2008, former Prison Health Services (PHS) employee John N. Mubang, 57, was arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for prescribing drugs for monetary gain and trafficking in controlled substances. The six-month …
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