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Article • August 15, 2008
Kentucky County Settles Loss of Consortium Suit for Undisclosed Amount by Phillip D. Hurst, a Kentucky prisoner, was taking prescribed methadone. When he returned one night to a Lexington County work release center in an intoxicated state, he was examined by two nurses who thought he was experiencing diabetes-related symptoms. …
Arkansas Law Discloses Legislators’ Business Ties to State by David Reutter Of concern to taxpayers should be the private business interests of their legislators. An Arkansas law enacted in 2007 requires disclosure of those interests when a lawmaker or his or her spouse owns at least 10 percent of a …
Article • July 15, 2008
$50,000 Jury Award To Massachusetts Nurses Wrongfully Discharged By Correctional Medical Services by Two Massachusetts nurses, Fitzgerald and Landry, brought suit against Correctional Medical Services (CMS) for defamation of character after being fired over baseless accusations of one alleged eyewitness. The jury awarded them $50,000 collectively. After holding a door …
Prison Doctors, Tainted by Regulatory Board Discipline, Administer Wisconsin Prisoner Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Whenever prisoners complain about inept healthcare, prison officials accuse them of being manipulating whiners, or assert they are being administered the ?community standard of care? by competent medical professionals. A review by …
Article • May 15, 2008
No CMS Liability for Denying Treatment for Dislocated Shoulder by The plaintiff said he dislocated his previously injured shoulder in his sleep. At 511: "For purposes of this case, it is undisputed that a shoulder dislocation causes great pain and is a serious medical need." The defendants were not deliberately …
Audit Reveals Problems with Maryland’s New Prisoner Health Care System by Michael Rigby Audit Reveals Problems with Maryland's New Prisoner Health Care System by Michael Rigby Maryland's new prisoner health care program remained understaffed in 2006, and the state Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) has yet to …
Who’s Monitoring Prison Medical Contract Requirements in New Jersey? No One by David Reutter Who's Monitoring Prison Medical Contract Requirements in New Jersey? No One by David Reutter PLN subscribers often read reports about the effects of privatized prisoner health care and the spread of privatization to prison and jail …
Independent Monitor Issues First Report on Delaware Health Care by by David M. Reutter Joshua W. Martin III, the Independent Monitor who is overseeing an agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Delaware Department of Corrections (DDOC), has issued his first semi-annual report. The agreement with the …
Article • January 15, 2008
Removal to Federal Court Denied State Court Jurisdiction by The Missouri Court of Appeals held that a state circuit court lacked jurisdiction to rule on a summary judgment motion in a case that had been removed to federal court. Missouri prisoner Edward Moore successfully sued Correctional Medical Services (CMS) for …
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
Filed under: CMS, Medical, Diabetes, Amputations
Wyoming and CMS Settle Suit Over Diabetic Prisoner’s Loss of Foot by Matthew Clarke Wyoming and CMS Settle Suit Over Diabetic Prisoner's Loss of Foot by Matthew T. Clarke In June 2006, CMS, the State of Wyoming and a prison doctor settled a lawsuit involving a prisoner who had to …
New Jersey Supreme Court Orders DOC to Codify Prisoner Healthcare Responsibilities by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Supreme Court of New Jersey, incensed with the inhumane treatment of a state prisoner who was systematically denied Hepatitis-C treatment for four years, ordered the New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) …
Prisons as Incubators and Spreaders of Disease and Illness by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg America’s lockups are turning from prisoner dumping grounds into infectious disease breeding grounds. Isolation is intended to be the punishment inflicted by society upon prisoners. But concentrating prisoners in the process of isolating them, …
Delaware Forced to Clean-up Medical Care by DOJ Settlement by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After a nine-month investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a report finding prisoners in four Delaware prisons ?suffer harm or are placed at the risk of harm from constitutional deficiencies in certain …
Delaware DOC Still Defends Abysmal Medical Care, Prisoners Still Die From Medical Neglect by After media reports detailed incidents showing prisoners within the Delaware Department of Corrections (DDOC) were being maimed or dying because of deplorable medical care, Stan Taylor, DDOC's Commissioner, charged the reports were "sloppy reporting." Taylor's testimony …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Phoenix, Arizona Sheriff’s Policy Delaying Prisoners’ Elective Abortions Enjoined by John Dannenberg Phoenix, Arizona Sheriff's Policy Delaying Prisoners' Elective Abortions Enjoined by John E. Dannenberg Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's policy that required a female prisoner seeking an elective abortion to first obtain a court order for this procedure …
Michigan Prisons: Another CMS Failure in Privatized Prisoner Health Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Another state prison system that subjected itself to the experiment of privatized medical services has learned the same hard lesson suffered by other states: a trail of inadequate care that leaves prisoners dead …
Michigan's Prison Health Care System Found Contemptuous by David Reutter by David M. Reutter "Step on a man's foot once, and a polite apology will do. Do it twice, and a profuse apology is in order. Do it thrice, and you have left the land of apology and entered the …
Michigan's In-Cell Restraints Considered Torture; Injunction Issued by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Michigan federal district court has held that the use of in-cell restraints for punitive reasons constitutes torture. In reaching that conclusion, the Court reopened its previous judgment concerning mental health claims and issued a preliminary …
Article • May 15, 2007
8th Circuit Remands Damages Seizure for Reconsideration under Hankins v. Finnel by In an unpublished opinion, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court order refusing to enjoin Missouri from attaching a § 1983 judgment for incarceration costs. Missouri prisoner Edward Moore successfully sued Correctional Medical Services (CMS) …
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS
Reporter Sues CMS for Defamation by An investigative reporter published an article critical of the defendants; they responded; the plaintiff sued them for defamation and interference in his business interests. Their statement that he employed objectionable newsgathering techniques was not defamatory per se; nor was the statement that reporters may …
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