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Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Medical, OB/GYN, Hernias
New York Prisoner Awarded $335,000 for Non-Treatment of Fistula by On November 20, 2002, a state court of claims in Rochester, New York, awarded the estate of Olevia Ousley-Winters $335,000 after determining that prison doctors failed to properly diagnose and treat Ousley-Winters' medical condition. (Ousley-Winters died prior to trial, apparently …
Missouri Guards Liable for Refusing Prisoner's Seatbelt Request by John E Dannenberg Missouri Guards Liable For Refusing Prisoner's Seatbelt Request by John E. Dannenberg The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals permitted a 42 U.S.C § 1983 complaint to proceed against five Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) transportation guards for …
Brief • June 7, 2004
Filed under: Work, HIV/AIDS
Gates v. Barbour, MS, Order, HIV Work Release Placement, 2004 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI GREENVILLE DIVISION NAZARETH GATES, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS VS. 4:71CV6-JAD HALEY BARBOUR, ET AL., DEFENDANTS CONSOLIDATED WITH DAVID D. MOORE, AT AL., PLAINTIFFS VS. 4:90CV125-JAD KIRK FORDICE, ET AL., …
Publication • 2004
Hepatitis C Guidelines, VA DOC Office of Health Services Unit, 2004 Hepatitis C Guidelines DISCUSSION Recently, questions have arisen regarding the use of the non‐formulary protease inhibitors, telaprevir and boceprevir in the management of offenders with Chronic Hepatitis C. In the October 2011 issue of Hepatology, the American Association for …
DOJ Investigation: Conditions in Arkansas Prisons Unconstitutional by Michael Rigby Conditions at the McPherson and Grimes Correctional Units in Newport, Arkansas are unconstitutional, the U.S. Department of Justice concluded after an 18-month investigation. According to the investigation report, dated November 25, 2003, investigators found that prisoners at both units experienced …
PHS Liable for Denying Insulin to Diabetic New Jersey Jail Prisoner by The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the U.S. District Court (New Jersey) on its dismissal of a pretrial detainee's state law medical malpractice claims and summary judgment for jail defendants of the detainee's claims under 42 …
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Missed HIV Medication Did Not Create a Serious Medical Need by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a district court's denial of a motion for new trial by an HIV+ prisoner who complained that there was insufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict against him. Willie …
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Washington Medical Claim Reinstated by The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Ap-peals reversed part of a grant of summary judgment to Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) officials in an Eighth Amendment challenge of WSP medical policies and practices. WSP prisoner Garrett Linderman sued WSP officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for …
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Prisons Nationwide Fail to Treat HCV Epidemic by John E Dannenberg Prisons Nationwide Fail To Treat HCV Epidemic by John E. Dannenberg The JeopardyTM answer is: "The national average treatment rate for HCV-infected prisoners." The winning question is: "What is approximately 1%?" With HCV [Hepatitis-C] infection rates in state prisons …
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Filed under: Medical, Hepatitis
$50,000 HCV Settlement and New Treatment Protocol Approved in Colorado by Bob Williams $50,000 HCV Settlement and New Treatment Protocol Approved in Colorado by Bob Williams The federal district court in Colorado has approved a settlement awarding $50,000 and treatment for hepatitis-C (HCV) infection to six named plaintiffs. The Colorado …
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Filed under: Prison Labor, Medical
Colorado Slammed by West Nile Virus But Ignores Prisoners by Bob Williams Loren Gasiorowski, 41, awoke one morning with a big mosquito bite on his forearm and one on his shoulder. Within days he couldn't leave his cell. After being sick for two weeks he couldn't take it any more. …
Brief • May 12, 2004
Degorski v. Wilson, IL, Complaint, Jail Beating, 2004 Case: 1:04-cv-03367 Document #: 1 Filed: 05/12/04 Page 1 of 9 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS or::? u1 ~ . , •<J ( EASTERN DIVISION ' ( I .. . JAMES DEGORSKI, DOCKETED~ Plaintiff, MAY …
Another Death in a Wisconsin Prison by Gary Hunter "Unremarkable." That's what prison nurse Jolinda Waterman called Donnie Powe's condition when she relegated him to an observation cell. Guards perfunctorily recorded his declining health right up until he died, face down on the floor of his 6 by 8 foot …
Canadian Prisoner Dies After Drinking Drug-Laced Vomit, Others Charged by Michael Rigby Canadian Prisoner Dies After Drinking Drug-Laced Vomit, Others Charged by Michael Rigby Prisoners at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (Canada) have been drinking each other's drug-laced vomit in order to get high. One woman …
Permanent Injunction Requires Full HCV Retreatment for Florida Prisoner by John E Dannenberg Permanent Injunction Requires Full HCV Retreatment for Florida Prisoner by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court (S.D. Fla.) is-sued a permanent injunction on July 24, 2003 ordering James Crosby, the Secretary of the Florida Department of …
First Circuit Holds ADA Title II Abrogated State Sovereign Immunity by Bob Williams The First Circuit court of appeals has held that Title II of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA), as applied in this case, abrogates state sovereign immunity. There is now a 6-3 split in the circuits on …
Brief • March 29, 2004
Brooks v Jorgensen, CA, Stip and Order for dismissal, medical neglect, 2004 >, .\~ \, " Case 3:02-cv-01362-JAH-NLS Document 49 e '!. 1 2 3 4 5 Filed 03/29/04 Page 2 of 4 e F' i l_ E0 DANIEL S. SILVERMAN (No. 137864) LIBBY A. RYAN (No. 207713) HELLER EHRMAN …
Cornell Company - The Prison Industry's Enron by Gary Hunter It was not an earthshaking day when Cornell Corrections was founded in 1991. It was more like a pebble plummeting over a cliff, leading to a landslide of greed and corruption. Backed by Dillon Read Venture Capital, David Cornell's callous …
$40.1 Million Verdict Against CSC in Texas Prisoner's Medical Neglect Death by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A Tarrant County, Texas jury awarded $35 million for negligence in the death of a boot camp prisoner, plus $5.1 million in punitive damages, against Florida-based Correctional Services Corp. (CSC) and …
Article • February 15, 2004 • from PLN February, 2004
Montana Supreme Court Denies Hepatitis-C Treatment by A divided Montana Supreme Court denied a state prisoner's habeas corpus petition seeking treatment for his Hepatitis-C (Hep-C) disease because the factual basis presented was inadequate. Keith Brown, incarcerated at the Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby, Montana, alleged he suffers from diagnosed Hep-C …
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