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Civilly Committing Sex Offenders Strains Some States’ Budgets by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The twenty states that have civil commitment programs will spend close to a half-billion dollars in 2010 to incarcerate and provide treatment for some 5,200 civilly-committed sex offenders. The per-offender cost for civil commitment is much …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
California: Harsh Sentencing Laws and Health Care Costs Strain Corrections Budget by In May 2010, responding to a legislative request for information related to the impact of correctional operations on California’s budget, State Auditor Elaine Howle submitted a report subtitled “Inmates Sentenced Under the Three Strikes Law and a Small …
Brief • January 10, 2011
Fields v. Smith, 7th Cir, Plf Reply Brief, WI transgender hormone medical class certification, 2011 Case: 10-2339 Document: 28 Filed: 01/10/2011 Pages: 17 Nos. 10-2339 and 10-2466 In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ANDREA FIELDS, et al. Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. JUDY P. SMITH, et al. …
Brief • December 29, 2010
Bahl v. County of Ramsey, MN, Order, No ASL Interpreter Provided to Arrestee, 2010 CASE 0:08-cv-05001-DSD-JJG Document 135 Filed 12/29/10 Page 1 of 28 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Douglas Duane Bahl and Susan Kovacs-Bahl, Civil No. 08-5001(DSD/JJG) Plaintiffs, ORDER v. County of Ramsey, Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department …
Brief • December 27, 2010
Lucero v. Nguyen, CA, Second Amended Complaint, Failure to Treat Glaucoma, 2009 . . () () Case 2:09-cv-02151-R-AGR Document 52 Filed 12/27/10 Page 1 of 14 Page ID #:366 ... • ' r 1 RONALD 0. KAYE (No.145051) -KEVIN J. LaHUE (No. 237556) 2 KAYE, McLANE & BEDNARSKI 234 E. …
Brief • December 23, 2010
Filed under: Medication, Seizures
Fox v Peters, IL, Complaint, Withhold Seizure Medication Permanent Damage, 2010 Case: Case:1:09-cv-05453 1:09-cv-05453Document Document#:#:106-1 109 Filed: Filed:12/23/10 12/17/10Page Page11ofof25 25PageID PageID#:627 #:600 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION RAY A. FOX, by and through his Guardian, ROSE FOX, ) ) ) …
Youell v. Correctional Medical Services, Inc., MO, 2nd Amended Complaint, Jail Heroin Withdrawal Death, 2010 Case: 4:10-cv-01180-TIA Doc. #: 49 Filed: 12/22/10 Page: 1 of 13 PageID #: 200 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION KRISTINE YOUELL, AS NEXT FRIEND OF E.B., and ISAAC …
Brief • December 21, 2010
Nall v. City of Painesville, OH, Complaint, Excessive Force with Taser, 2010 Case: 1:10-cv-02883 Doc #: 1 Filed: 12/21/10 1 of 12. PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION DAVID LEE NALL, by and through his guardian and next friend, Elizabeth Goodwin, c/o David …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
$195,000 Award for Injury Resulting from NY Prison Garbage Detail by A New York Court of Claims has awarded a former prisoner $195,000 for injuries she sustained while working on a garbage detail. In an April 29, 2008 order, the court found the State of New York 100% liable. The …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
AMA Passes Resolution Prohibiting Shackling of Pregnant Prisoners in Labor by On June 15, 2010, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a resolution prohibiting the use of restraints on a female prisoner “in labor, delivering her baby or recuperating from the delivery,” absent compelling grounds to believe that she poses …
The Graying of America’s Prisons by James Ridgeway Frank Soffen, now 70 years old, has lived more than half his life in prison, and will likely die there. Sentenced to life for second-degree murder, Soffen has suffered four heart attacks and is confined to a wheelchair. He has lately been …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Washington State Federal Court: Unconstitutional to Shackle Prisoner in Labor by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 3, 2010, a U.S. District Court in Washington State held it was unconstitutional to shackle a prisoner in labor. Cassandra Brawley, 30, was a Washington state prisoner. In 2006 she was arrested …
$1.8 Million Settlement in New Mexico Woman’s Attempted Jail Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A lawsuit that claimed insufficient suicide prevention procedures and staff training at New Mexico’s Santa Fe County Adult Detention Facility (SFCADF) resulted in a woman’s suicide attempt has been settled for $1.8 million. …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Suspected Norovirus Strikes Oregon Women’s Prison by At least two dozen female prisoners in Oregon were overcome by flu-like symptoms, causing prison officials to quarantine their unit and cancel visitation. On May 12, 2010, Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) officials isolated all of the women in a minimum-security unit of …
Wexford Pays $300,000 in Illinois Prisoner’s Death by Wexford Health Services paid $300,000 last year to settle a lawsuit regarding the wrongful death of an Illinois prisoner who died in June 2003 after suffering an asthma attack. The complaint alleged Wexford failed to properly train and supervise its medical staff …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Failure of CMS Nurses and Doctor to Properly Treat Broken Leg Overcomes Summary Judgment by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the grant of summary judgment to a doctor and two nurses employed by Correctional Medical Services (CMS). The lawsuit claimed an Eighth Amendment violation related to the treatment …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Sixth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Dentist Who Failed to Provide Temporary Filling by Genuine issues of material fact precluded granting summary judgment to a prison dentist accused of providing deliberately indifferent dental treatment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit found. Gregory T. McCarthy, while incarcerated at …
$4 Million Settlement in R&B Singer’s Death from Drug Withdrawal in Ohio Jail for Failure to Pay Child Support by $4 Million Settlement in R&B Singer’s Death from Drug Withdrawal in Ohio Jail for Failure to Pay Child Support A $4 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that …
Crouse v. Allegheny County, PA, Complaint, Inmate Suicide, 2010 Case 2:09-cv-01221-DSC Document 47 Filed 12/11/10 Page 1 of 21 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA BEVERLY CROUSE, as Administrator of ) the Estate of Shiva Lal Acharya, deceased, ) on behalf of the estate …
Brief • November 23, 2010
Filed under: Medical, Restraints
Reynolds v. Schriro, NY, Court Order, Prisoner Health Services, 2010 Case 1:81-cv-00107-RJS Document 154-1 Filed 11/23/10 Page 1 of 2 Medical Conditions For Which Mechanical Restraints Are Contraindicated Pregnancy or Any Complication of a Pregnancy (bleeding, pre-eclampsia, DVT, medical complications of pregnancy, high risk pregnancies) Hypercoagulable conditions (pregnancy, post-surgery, post-trauma, …
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