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Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
$1.35 Million Settlement for Wrongful Death of Illinois Prisoner by On March 17, 2005, Cook County, Illinois, agreed to pay $1.35 million to the surviving son of a woman who died in a county jail after she was denied medical attention. Marilyn Bones, 37, was arrested on August 14, 2000, …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Filed under: Medical, ENT, Vision
New York Prisoner Paid $1.25 Million for Untreated Glaucoma by On October 4, 2005, prisoner Abraham Mitchell settled his claim against the State of New York for $1,250,000. Mitchell had claimed in his lawsuit, filed in the Albany Court of Claims, that the New York Department of Correctional Services was …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
No Qualified Immunity for Arkansas Detainees Miscarriage by No Qualified Immunity for Arkansas Detainee's Miscarriage The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's denial of qualified immunity to jail officials who denied medical care to a female detainee, causing a miscarriage of her 4-5 month old fetus. Talisa …
$470,000 Paid in Pennsylvania Jail Prisoners Seizure Related Death by $470,000 Paid in Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner's Seizure Related Death The Estate of a Pennsylvania prisoner has settled its civil rights action alleging Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment violations for the wrongful death of Virginia Brejcak, 42, at the Bucks County Correctional …
Kentucky County Jail Settles Lawsuit Alleging Overcrowded Conditions by Michael Rigby On November 30, 2005, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky tentatively approved the settlement of a class action lawsuit alleging unconstitutionally overcrowded conditions at the Campbell County Jail in Newport, Kentucky. Built in 1991, the …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
$75,000 Settlement for Untreated Wisconsin Methadone Patient by Michael Rigby Outagamie County, Wisconsin, has agreed to pay $75,000 to a man whose withdrawal from methadone went untreated at the county jail. Richard Foelker was participating in a methadone treatment program for heroin addiction when he checked himself into the Outagamie …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Florida County Bucks Paying $300,000 in Prisoner Medical Bills by Florida's Brevard County has been sued by three local hospitals seeking payment for medical care rendered to prisoners who incurred injuries during their arrests. The County refused to pay, arguing the detainees technically were not in custody at the time …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Delaware Legislature Rejects Bill Upgrading Prison Health Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After a public outcry condemned the health care services provided to prisoners held by the Delaware Department of Corrections, (DDOC) the Delaware Legislature has passed a bill that provides an inflation adjustment for services and …
Brief • August 24, 2006
McCoy v. TDCJ, TX, 3rd Amended Complaint, asthma death, 2006 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION L.J. MCCOY and ANTONIO V. THOMPSON Plaintiffs v. § § § § TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL § JUSTICE, BRAD LIVINGSTON, in his official § capacity as the Executive Director …
Lujan v. CCA, CO, August Deposition Exhibits - Prison Riots (2006) ~ ~·· MEEK & & ASSOCIATES Certified Shorthand Reporters Pueblo, CO 81004 317 Argyle Ave. Ave. Pueblo, (719) 542-1010, 1-800-233-6335, FAX (719) 542-3617 DEPOSITION EXHIBITS from LUJAN VS. CCA & 18th, 2006 August 17th & Richard Selman, Chad Kastelic, …
$769,000 Awarded For Death of Asthmatic Virginia Jail Prisoner by On May 11, 2005, a jury in Portsmouth City, Virginia, awarded $769,000 to the family of an asthmatic prisoner who died in the city jail due to inadequate medical care. While serving a five day sentence in the Portsmouth jail …
Problems Continue In Maryland Prisons and Jails by Michael Rigby A battle is raging in Maryland over how best to improve prison safety. Some advocate hiring more guards and medical personnel. Others want to expand prisoner rehabilitation services. Neither side seems to be considering the possibility that both are needed. …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
$365,000 Settlement For Restrained, Untreated Michigan Boot Camp Prisoner by On December 22, 2005, the state of Michigan agreed to pay $365,000 to a boot camp prisoner who was strapped in a restraint chair for six hours and later suffered kidney and liver failure. Craig Allen Cook II was arrested …
Armor Correctional Health Services: A New Company Blossoming with Political Payback by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A recently-formed Florida prison healthcare corporation is blossoming with new contracts from county sheriffs who decided to change bidding requirements and in one case eliminate cost as a consideration. The company, Coconut …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Canadian Prison Sanctioned Skin-Art Saving Society Health Problems by Gary Hunter Six Canadian prisons are paying prisoner tattoo-artists to ply their trade. The experimental government training program was initiated as an attempt to reduce the spread of infectious diseases. Legal tattooing ensures equipment will be sterile and sanitary. Connie Johannson, …
California DOC Drug Program Funds Squandered by Marvin Mentor Five California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) employees, testifying under subpoena at a February 27, 2006 State Senate Government Oversight Committee hearing, revealed the use-it-or-lose-it practice of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars allotted to prisoner drug treatment programs on …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
EMSA Negligent In Florida Jail Prisoners Death, County Pays $65,000 by Michael Rigby EMSA Negligent In Florida Jail Prisoners Death, County Pays $65,000 by Michael Rigby On April 1, 2005, a jury in the 19th Circuit Court of St. Lucie County, Florida, found EMSA Correctional Care negligent but not liable …
$790,000 Settlement In Ulcer Death of Georgia Jail Prisoner by In November 2005, Dekalb County, Georgia, a private medical provider, and a local hospital agreed to pay a combined total of $790,000 to settle with the widow of a prisoner who died from a perforated ulcer. While imprisoned in the …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
No Qualified Immunity for Failure to Perform Timely Liver Biopsy by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling by the U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.) that the failure of a prison health care manager to provide a Hepatitis-C positive (HCV+) …
Brief • July 31, 2006
McCoy v. TDCJ, TX, Response Motion Summary Judgement, Asthma Death, 2006 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION L.J. MCCOY, et al. Plaintiffs v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, et al. Defendants ' ' ' ' ' ' ' CIVIL ACTION NO. 05-CV-370 PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE TO …
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