$2 Million Paid by North Carolina Jail for Prisoner’s Wrongful Death; Undisclosed Amount Paid by Southeastern Medical Services by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On January 8, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina approved a $2 million settlement to be paid by Buncombe County, …

San Luis Obispo County Jail Conditions Violate Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On August 31, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division released a report detailing its investigation concerning the conditions inside San Luis Obispo County Jail. The findings of the report, conducted …

$23,000 Settlement Against Pennsylvania Dental Healthcare Company for Inadequate Dental Care by Charles Talbert settled with Correctional Dental Associates (CDA) and Dental Practitioner Dr. Schneider for $23,000 in a lawsuit brought by him for inadequate dental treatment while housed in the Philadelphia Department of Prisons (PDP). While being held in …

HRDC Prevails Over Wellpath as Vermont Supreme Court Rules Private Contractor Must Release Public Records by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Vermont Supreme Court concluded that under the Public Records Act (PRA) when “the state contracts with a private entity to discharge the entirety of a fundamental and …

$750,000 Settlement in South Carolina Pretrial Detainee’s Suicide by Southern Health Partners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 17, 2021, Southern Health Partners paid $750,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging it failed to take proper steps in caring for a pretrial detainee who entered South Carolina’s Marlboro …

HRDC v. Correct Care Solutions, LLC, VT, Opinion, Public Records, 2021 ENTRY ORDER 2021 VERMONT UPREM FILED IN LEHK's (E35938? VT 63 SEP 0 3. 2021 SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 2020-308 JUNE TERM, 2021 Human Rights Defense Center v. Correct Care Solutions, LLC and Correctional Care Solutions Group Holdings, LLC …

Prisoner’s Suicide in Sherburne County Minnesota Jail Results in $2.3 Million Settlement by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders A recent investigation by KARE 11, a Minnesota-based NBC news affiliate, has brought much-needed attention to systematic failures at jails throughout Minnesota. Many local and state correctional facilities in that state, according …

Decapitated Prisoner Shows CDCR Safety Standards Still Headed in the Wrong Direction by Matthew Clarke California Inspector General’s office issues another reports highly critical of  health care at Corcoran and statewide prison employee disciplinary process by Matt Clarke In April 2021, the California Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a …

Ltr Sent to Corizon Re Denial of Bid Appeal 7-30-21 Michael L. Parson Governor Sarah H. Steelman Commissioner State of Missouri OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Division of Purchasing 301 West High Street, Room 630 Post Office Box 809 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0809 (573) 751-2387 FAX: (573) 526-9815 TIO: 800-735-2966 Voice: 800-735-2466 …

Wellpath- 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report Table of Contents Purpose..............................................................................3 Patient Feedback and Experience Surveys...............27 Operational Improvements.............................................56 Letter From the CEO...........................................................4 Clinical Innovations.............................................................28 We Are Proud Healthcare “Fixers”.................................57 Where We Provide Care....................................................5 Mental Health and Psychiatry........................................31 Consultation Services.........................................................58 Nine Things to Know About Wellpath........................6 Clinical Training....................................................................34 Philanthropic …

Missouri Office of Administration, Evaluation and Award for Prisoner Health Care Services to Centurion of Missouri, 2021 Michael L. Parson Governor Sarah H. Steelman Commissioner State of Missouri OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Division of Purchasing 301 West High Street, Room 630 Post Office Box 809 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0809 (573) 751-2387 …

Sixth Circuit Upholds Prisoner’s 18 U.S.C. § 111 Conviction for Assaulting Federally Contracted Private Prison Guard by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 12, 2020, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that 18 U.S.C. §§ 111 and 1114, which criminalize assaulting federal officers, apply to private prison guards …

Ransomware Attack on GEO Group Exposes Sensitive Information by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 3, 2020, the GEO Group, one of the largest private prison companies in the nation, revealed that it had suffered a ransomware attack in August of that year that exposed sensitive personal information of …

Reuters Investigation: Lamentable Medical Care in Jails and Prisons Exposed During Pandemic by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian Very few criminal offenses in America allow for a sentence of death. Nevertheless, too many people are dying in jails and prisons while serving a sentence or simply waiting for the process …

Private Medical Contractor Wellpath Pays $4.5 Million in Death of Mentally Ill Jail Detainee After Judge Finds It Destroyed Evidence by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In late September 2020, private correctional healthcare contractor Wellpath paid $4.5 million to settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a …

Nearly Killed by Dehumanizing Culture of Indifference, Oregon Prisoner Sues for $975,000 by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson Oregon prisoner Carl Spieler, 56, suffered for three months after he was admitted to the state penitentiary in Salem in May 2018, while prison medical staff, convinced he was malingering, dismissed his …

Private Health Care Services in County Jails Comes at High Price by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss An analysis published on October 26, 2020 by Reuters showed U.S. jails that contracted with private health care companies had higher death rates on average among prisoners and detainees than those with government-run …

$40,000 Settlement for Corizon’s Breach of Contract by Corizon Health paid $40,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it beached a contract with Nursefinders. The February 26, 2016, settlement resolved a lawsuit Nursefinders filed in a Virginia state court, but which was removed to a federal court, on March 20, 2015. …

North Carolina Case Involving Death of Black Prisoner: “I Can’t Breathe,” Revisited by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In late July 2020, about 30 protesters stood all day in the rain in Bailey Park near the Forsyth County Detention Center (FCDC) in downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to demand answers and …

Whistleblower Claims Female Detainees at Privately Run Georgia ICE Facility Had Forced Hysterectomies by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A whistleblower at a privately operated federal detention center in Georgia prompted a joint complaint filed in September 2020 with the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of …