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Federal Court Seizes California Prisons' Medical Care; Appoints Receiver With Unprecedented Powers by Federal Court Seizes California Prisons' Medical Care; Appoints Receiver With Unprecedented Powers by Marvin Mentor The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is forcefully having its failed healthcare system both corrected and rehabilitated. Despite court-ordered healthcare …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Ten Deaths At San Quentin from Macabre" Healthcare by Ten Deaths At San Quentin from Macabre" Healthcare by Marvin Mentor San Quentin State Prison (SQ), a scant 25 miles from the San Francisco courtroom of Plata v. Schwarzenegger Judge Thelton E. Henderson, was high on the court's agenda for improved …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Filed under: Medical, Respiratory
California Prison Doctor Suspended Following Three Prisoner Deaths by by Marvin Mentor A San Quentin State Prison physician, Dr. Garen Vong, whose alleged negligence contributed to the deaths of three prisoner patients since 2002, was suspended with pay ($11,381 per month) on February 3, 2005 pending investigation. The three preventable" …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Texas Legislature Requires HIV Testing for Prisoners by Gary Hunter Texas prisoners must now be tested for HIV before they are allowed to leave prison. Rep. Yvonne Davis, D-Dallas, authored House Bill 43 which was signed on June 19, 2005, by Gov. Pick Perry, and went into effect on September …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Qualified Immunity on FRCP 12(b)(6) Motion Faces Formidable Hurdle in Hepatitis Case by Qualified Immunity on FRCP 12(b)(6) Motion Faces Formidable Hurdle in Hepatitis Case The Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower courts denial of a Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, asserting a qualified immunity defense. The court …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Washington Settles Prisoners Medical Indifference Suit for $370,000 by Washington Settles Prisoners Medical Indifference Suit for $370,000 by Michael Rigby In October 2005, the State of Washington settled for $370,000 a prisoners federal lawsuit in which he alleged that indifferent medical treatment proximately resulted in a stroke that left him …
Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of ADA Suit for Failure to Exhaust by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court erred in dismissing a California prisoners suit for failing to exhaust administrative remedies under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, (PLRA). Earl Butler, …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Federal Government Bans Medicaid Impotence Drugs for Sex Offenders by The U.S. Government has ordered states to ensure convicted sex offenders do not receive reimbursement for erectile dysfunction drugs under Medicaid or Medicare. A New York audit showed 198 sex offenders received such drugs through the state/federal health-care program for …
Arkansas Juvenile Prisons Cornell Kills a Prisoner, Hires Guard DOC Fired by by Matthew T. Clarke Arkansas paid Cornell Corporations of Houston, Texas, $9.5 million a year to manage the Alexander Youth Services Center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. What they got for their money was a prison that killed by …
Myers v. CCA, VT, Complaint, Denying Treatment Medical Neglect, 2006 STATEMENT OF CLAIM 1). While incarcerated at West Tennessee Detention Mason Tennessee 38049 I was serving my prison sentence for the state of Vermont under a interstate contract agreement between the State of Vermont and CCA. CCA for the purpose …
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
Filed under: Medical, Vision
New York Prisoner Awarded $2,500 for Delayed Eyeglasses by On February 9, 2005, a New York court of claims awarded $2,500 to a state prisoner whose replacement eyeglasses were delayed for 10 months. Marc Herouard, a prisoner at the Fishkill Correctional Center, discovered on February 7, 2001, that his eyeglasses …
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
NY State Prisoner Receives $400,000 Liver Transplant by by John E. Dannenberg An NBC News I-Team 10 investigation caused considerable media controversy when it reported that a New York state prisoner with end-stage liver disease had received a $400,000 liver transplant in November, 2005, at state expense. This is significant …
Maryland's PHS Prison Health Care Under Fire, New System Implemented by by Michael Rigby A Maryland prison is no place to get sick. Virtually every facet of prisoner health care, which has been provided by Tennessee-based Prison Health Services (PHS) since 2000, is in disarray. Prisoners sometimes receive the wrong …
Incompetence, Brutality and Scandal Infest Tennessee Prisons and Jails by by Michael Rigby Tennessee isn't known for its huge prison system, like Texas or California. Nor is the state's capital city, Nashville, recognized for massively overcrowded jails such as the ones in Los Angeles or New York City. But one …
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
BOP's Failure to Provide Adequate Medical Treatment Nets Downward Departure Sentence by A Massachusetts federal district court has departed from the Federal Sentencing Guidelines because of the defendant's illness and the Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) failure to meet its burden that it could provide the most effective" medical treatment. Robert …
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
Seventh Circuit Reverses Judgment on Denial of Methadone by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment to jail officials on claims of denial of methadone and inadequate medical care. On April 27, 2000, Richard Foelker reported to the Outagamie County, Wisconsin, Jail to …
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
Florida DOC's No Bid Pharmaceutical Contract Scrutinized and Criticized by by David M. Reutter A September 2004 Florida Auditor General's Report found numerous deficiencies in the Florida Department Of Corrections' (FDOC) pharmaceutical contract with Terry Yon & Associates, Inc. (TYA). The current three-year contract became effective January 1, 2004. Its …
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
Federal District Court Awards Missouri Prisoner $2,500 For Excessive Force by On January 25, 2005, a Missouri prisoner was awarded $2,500 for pain and suffering incurred when guards kicked him in the groin. Lance A. Cole, 24, was arrested for violating his probation by possessing a gun. A day earlier …
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
Shackling of Women Prisoners During Labor and Delivery Ended In California by by John E. Dannenberg California's Governor Schwarzenegger improved health care for women prisoners by signing AB 478 into law, which makes it illegal to deny prenatal and postpartum care (to include basic dental cleaning) and bans shackling during …
Georgia DOC Settles Failure-To-Protect Suit for $15,000 by Michael Rigby In September 2004, the Georgia Department of Corrections (CDOC) settled for $15,000 a prisoner lawsuit alleging that understaffing at the maximum-security Georgia State Prison (GSP) compromised prisoner safety. The GDOC also agreed to increase staffing levels in prisoner housing areas …
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