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Cook County Jail Agrees to Improvements by Brandon Sample It took a federal lawsuit by the United States Department of Justice to get Cook County to finally agree to remedy decades of inadequate conditions at its infamous Cook County Jail (CCJ). The sweeping deal between Cook County and the Justice …
Article • April 15, 2013
Preliminary Injunction Granted for Florida Prisoner's Medical Treatment by On November 19, 2009, U.S. District judge granted Motion for Preliminary Injunction that would not delay the prisoner's treatment recommended by outside specialists and physicians. In early 2008, while in State's custody, Rosemarie M. was diagnosed with uterine fibroid tumor which …
Brief • April 10, 2013
Filed under: Skeletal Injury, Muscular
Francis v. Hammond, WA, Injunction, Medical Neglect, 2013 Case 3:12-cv-06023-RBL-JRC Document 25 Filed 04/10/13 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 6 7 SHAWN FRANCIS, 8 Plaintiff, 9 10 CASE NO. C12-6023 RBL-JRC ORDER GRANTING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF v. …
Brief • April 3, 2013
Filed under: Pain, Injury -- Misc.
Francis v. Hammond, WA, Report and Recommendation, Medical Neglect, 2013 Case 3:12-cv-06023-RBL-JRC Document 22 Filed 03/04/13 Page 1 of 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 SHAWN FRANCIS, 11 12 13 14 Plaintiff, CASE NO. C12-6023 …
Publication • April 1, 2013
Filed under: Medical
BOP - Preventative Health Care Practice Guidelines, 2013 Preventive Health Care Federal Bureau of Prisons Clinical Practice Guidelines April 2013 Clinical guidelines are made available to the public for informational purposes only. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) does not warrant these guidelines for any other purpose, and assumes no …
Taylor v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2013 Case: 1:11-cv-07386 Document #: 114 Filed: 03/19/13 Page 1 of 21 PageID #:813 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JOHN E. TAYLOR, JR., Plaintiff, vs. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., WENDY FOXON–OLSON, ROYCE BROWN–REED, ESTER …
Article • March 15, 2013
Wisconsin Prisoner's Pro-se AEDPA Action Rejected by Seventh Circuit by Derek Gilna In an appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, Ronald Romanelli, a prisoner at the Columbia County Jail, was unsuccessful in convincing the Seventh Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals to …
Article • March 15, 2013
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, Tattoos
Report Lauds Canada's Prison Tattoo Program, but Government Won't Bring it Back by Joe Watson Like the faint and ghostly outline of a panther’s claw inked upon an old man’s bicep decades ago, Canada’s prison-sanctioned tattoo parlor experiment has faded away. In spite of a glowing evaluation of the Safer …
Article • March 15, 2013
Amid Improvements, Maricopa County Jail Medical Services Still Deficient by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Recent reports filed in a long-standing federal lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio over deficiencies in the medical and mental health care of prisoners in the Maricopa County jail system have cited both improvements and persistent …
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
Eleventh Circuit: Corizon Policy Led to Prisoner’s Paralysis; $1.2 Million Verdict Upheld by In a September 6, 2012 unpublished ruling, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a jury verdict that found Corizon Health, Inc., formerly Prison Health Services (PHS), had a policy or custom of refusing to send prisoners …
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
Federal Court Grants Six-Month Extension to Reduce CDCR Prison Population by The three-judge federal court over a long-standing prison healthcare class-action suit against California took a slight turn on January 29, 2013, when the court gave the state a six-month extension to achieve the prison population reduction it had ordered …
China Pledges to Stop Harvesting Organs from Executed Prisoners by On March 23, 2012, government officials in China said they plan to stop harvesting organs from the thousands of prisoners who are executed each year. However, many doubt the practice will entirely cease because the need for organs is too …
Prison Reforms Under Maine’s New DOC Commissioner by Lance Tapley Several weeks after firing Maine State Prison warden Patricia Barnhart on January 10, 2013, and two years after taking over the Department of Corrections (DOC), Commissioner Joseph Ponte appears determined to continue – and ramp up – his forceful program …
Colorado: CCA Doctor Disciplined for Role in Prisoner’s Death by In December 2012, the Colorado Medical Board concluded its inquiry into a complaint filed against Dr. David Mark Sakai Oba, who provided medical services at the CCA-operated Bent County Correctional Facility (BCCF), and issued an admonishment. Terrell D. Griswold, 26, …
$2.6 Million Jury Award for Prisoner Beaten in Los Angeles County Detox Cell by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 13, 2012, a federal jury awarded over $2.6 million to a man who was brutally assaulted by another prisoner while being held in a detoxification cell in a West …
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
$4.1 Million Settlement for Cook County Jail Prisoners Shacked During Labor by Cook County Illinois has agreed to pay a $4.1 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit that challenged the shackling of pregnant prisoners at the Cook County Jail during labor, delivery or after giving birth, from December 4, 2006 …
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
Filed under: Medical, Hernias
Prison Doctor’s Failure to Follow Prescribed Hernia Treatment States Claim by On May 25, 2012, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a prisoner’s civil rights complaint, finding he had alleged facts that showed a prison doctor had diagnosed a hernia but failed to implement the prescribed …
Second Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Non-Treatment of Prisoner’s HCV by On March 9, 2012, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a New York prisoner’s claims related to denial of hepatitis C (HCV) treatment. The Second Circuit also determined that the district court had misinterpreted a …
Fifth Circuit Disallows Louisiana Deputy's Interlocutory Appeal by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In an opinion filed on November 18, 2011, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that it had no jurisdiction over a Louisiana deputy's appeal from the denial of his motion for summary judgment based on qualified …
Article • March 15, 2013
Seventh Circuit Rules for State Officials in Prisoner Medical Co-pay Dispute by Derek Gilna The Seventh Circuit has upheld the district court dismissal of prisoner Peter Poole III’s complaint again the Big Muddy River Correctional Center in downstate Illinois over its refusal to waive what he felt was an unnecessary …
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