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Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
South Carolina Jail Pays Prisoners $80,000 for Failure to Prevent/Treat MRSA by $80,000 to South Carolina Jail Prisoners for Failure to Prevent and Treat MRSA South Carolina’s Greenville County has agreed to pay $80,000 to settle 25 prisoners’ lawsuit that claims jail officials failed to take preventive measures to prevent …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
No Prison Guinea Pigs: President Obama Should Act Now To Ensure Prisoners Aren’t Used For Medical Research by Allen M. Hornblum No Prison Guinea Pigs: President Obama Should Act Now To Ensure Prisoners Aren’t Used For Medical Research by Allen M. Hornblum and Jeffrey Ian Ross We keep hearing that …
Article • February 15, 2009
Three-Judge Federal Court Compels California DOC to Produce Documents by The three-judge federal panel that was convened to consider reducing California’s prison population, so as to remedy constitutionally inadequate medical care and mental health care, has granted a motion to compel filed by the prisoner-plaintiffs. The court compelled the California …
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. …
Federal Prisoner's Suit Settles For $1,500 after Falling From Bunk by Virginia federal prisoner Glen Francis brought a federal tort action in 1995 for $200,000 after being injured at FCI Petersburg while climbing down from his bunk. The suit settled for $1,500. Francis was on his top bunk when FCI …
Federal Officials' Refusal To Treat Prisoner's Severed Tendon Settles For $22,500 by Virginia federal prisoner Chris Walker brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1998 after various officials refused to treat his severed Achilles tendon. Jail and prison officials, as well as Bureau of Prisons personnel ignored …
Article • February 15, 2009
$5,000 Settlement For Leavenworth Guards' Unprovoked Beating Of Federal Prisoner by Illinois federal prisoner Kerry Dixon brought a combined Bivens and federal tort action against the United States in 1994 after guards beat him without just cause at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas (USP Leavenworth) in 1993. The …
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 …
$125,000 Settlement In BOP Guard Induced Prisoner's Death by Parents of deceased ex Kentucky federal prisoner, Marcus Dascenzo, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2002 after a guard's failure to treat their son resulted in his death. After the Department of Justice's initial refusal to pay …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Notwithstanding Federal Healthcare Receiver, California Prisoners Can Still Use State Habeas Corpus to Redress Medical Complaints by The California Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District, held that even though the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) was under the supervision of a court-appointed federal healthcare Receiver, state prisoners nonetheless …
Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington by David Reutter Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington by David M. Reutter Conditions at the federal immigration center in Tacoma, Washington, are substandard and not in compliance with national standards, “much less international …
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 …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Former California Prison Doctor Admits Negligence, Gets Probation; CDCR Medical Care Issues Still Unresolved by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Dr. Bonifacio Esperanza, a physician formerly employed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), was accused of gross negligence by the Medical Board of California for his …
Corpus Christi Pays $50,000 to Settle Jail Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim by Corpus Christi Pays $50,000 to Settle Jail Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim The City of Corpus Christi, Texas, agreed to settle an excessive use of force claim brought by a former detainee at the City Detention Center (CDC) for …
TDCJ Employee Wins $1,505,000 for Texas Prison System’s Failure to Accommodate by An El Paso jury awarded $1,505,000 to a former employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) for the prison system’s failure to accommodate her severe asthma by refusing to remove automatic air fresheners from an office …
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, …
PLRA Requires Grievance Exhaustion for ADA/RA Claims by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has joined the Sixth Circuit in holding that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) requires exhaustion of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act (RA) claims. Nevada prisoner Roy O’Guinn had a history of mental …
Ware v. CCA, TN, Settlement, solitary inmate suicide medical neglect, 2009 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0130 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0131 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0132 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0133 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0134 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0135 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0136 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0137 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0138
ACLU Request for Investigation into Violations at the Reeves County Detention Center, 2009 February 5, 2009 VIA EMAIL: inspector.general@usdoj.gov Glenn A. Fine Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General ATTN: Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Complaints 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Room 4706 Washington, DC 20530 Re: Request for Investigation …
Brief • January 30, 2009
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Order granting Plf Mot for Attorney Fees, police taser death cardiac arrest, 2009 Case 5:05-cv-03658-JW Document 401 Filed 01/30/2009 Page 1 of 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 …
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