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Grand Jury Slams Sacramento County for Delaying Jail Improvements Mandated in Consent Decree by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Delays in improvements mandated in a 2020 consent decree resulted in at least six preventable detainee deaths at Sacramento County jails, according to a grand jury investigative report on June 2, …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Months-­Long Wisconsin Prison Lockdown Prompts Lawsuits by A federal lawsuit filed on October 26, 2023, seeks class-­action status for a group of Wisconsin prisoners challenging poor healthcare and conditions of confinement in the state Department of Corrections (DOC), resulting from “a prolonged, unnecessary and unexplained lockdown” that has so far …
One Detainee Dying Every Week in L.A. County Jails by As of December 31, 2023, Los Angeles County jails had recorded 34 detainee deaths in seven months—over one every week, far more than New York City’s notorious Rikers Island complex, which recorded seven deaths during the same period. Overcrowding is …
At BOP California “Rape Club” Prison: Historic Ruling, FBI Raid, Warden Removed by On March 11, 2024, FBI agents raided the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Dublin, California, the troubled federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) lockup plagued by staff sexual assaults on prisoners—so many that it has become known as …
Wellpath Held in Contempt in Suit at California Jail by On September 26, 2023, the federal court for the Northern District of California found “clear and convincing evidence” that private for-profit prison and jail healthcare provider Wellpath, Inc., had violated the terms of a settlement agreement in a long-running case …
Brief • February 12, 2024
Mork v. Russel, NV,Order, Medical Neglect, 2024 Case 3:21-cv-00077-MMD-CSD Document 77 Filed 02/12/24 Page 1 of 14 1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 *** 6 NICOLAI MORK, Case No. 3:21-cv-00077-MMD-CSD 7 Plaintiff, 8 9 ORDER v. PERRY RUSSELL, et al., 10 Defendants. 11 12 …
Brief • January 17, 2024
Tapia v. NaphCare, WA, Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiff's Discovery Motions, Medical Neglect, 2024 Case 2:22-cv-01141-KKE Document 86 Filed 01/17/24 Page 1 of 18 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 6 7 8 JAVIER TAPIA, Plaintiff, 9 …
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Treat No Evil: Centurion and the Curse of For-Profit Prison Healthcare by J.D. Schmidt by J.D. Schmidt On November 14, 2022, the Florida arm of Centurion Health, one of the nation’s largest private prison and jail healthcare companies, filed a lawsuit in Putnam County …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Proposed Law Targets Medical Neglect in Federal Prisons by After his release from federal prison, doctors told Jeffrey Ramirez, 41, that there were no more options for treating his cancer that had been diagnosed—but belatedly treated—while he was still in custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). So he …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Fifth Circuit: 12-Hour Delay in Treating Texas Prisoner’s Stroke Wasn’t Deliberate Indifference by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 5, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a Texas prisoner’s civil rights complaint that alleged prison staff delayed and impeded his access …
Brief • November 6, 2023
Lewis v. Cain, LA, Opinion, Failure to Provide Adequate Medical Care, 2023 Case 3:15-cv-00318-SDD-RLB Document 778 11/06/23 Page 1 of 104 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA JOSEPH LEWIS, JR., ET AL. CIVIL DOCKET VERSUS 15-318-SDD-RLB BURL CAIN, ET AL. OPINION I. INTRODUCTION In 1989, the United States …
Brief • November 6, 2023
Lewis v. Cain, LA, Remedial Order, Failure to Provide Adequate Medical Care, 2023 Case 3:15-cv-00318-SDD-RLB Document 779 11/06/23 Page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA JOSEPH LEWIS, JR., et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:15-cv00318 JUDGE …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
$1.25 Million Settlement for California Jail Prisoner’s Loss of Limbs by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As PLN previously reported, a man arrested and taken to jail in California’s San Bernardino County in March 2018 ended up in a hospital eight days later in critical condition, suffering severe dehydration, …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Naphcare’s Lack of Care Leads to $26.75 Million Verdict for Washington Jail Death by “The jury sent a strong message that Naphcare’s conduct was completely unacceptable,” said attorney Edwin Budge of the Seattle law firm of Budge & Heipt, PLLC. He was responding to a federal jury’s July 2022 award …
Newly Released Government Records Reveal Horrible Neglect of Terminally Ill Woman in Federal Prison by C.J. Ciaramella by C.J. Ciaramella A woman who died in federal prison suffered in pain for eight months while waiting for a routine CT scan, records released to Reason show. Doris Nelson was one of …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Nevada Pays Over $568,000 for Denying Prisoner Cataract Surgery, Ends “One Good Eye” Policy by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On July 15, 2022, the federal court for the District of Nevada awarded $560,587.50 in fees to attorneys representing a state prisoner who earlier settled his medical neglect claim against …
Brief • April 24, 2023
Carrin v. Smiledge, FL, Report and Recommendation, Medical Neglect, 2023 Case 4:21-cv-00486-MW-MAF Document 97 Filed 04/24/23 Page 1 of 31 Page 1 of 31 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION SANDRA GAIL CARRIN, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of RAYMOND …
Brief • March 21, 2023
Tobin v. Ayasha Adult Familly Home LLC, WA, Order Granting Motion for Discovery Sanctions, Abuse and Neglect, 2023 1 FILED 3 2023 MAR 21 KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CLERK 4 CASE #: 21-2-14830-8 SEA 2 5 6 7 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
$20,000 Paid by Centurion and MHM Health Professionals to Arizona Prisoner for Alleged Deliberate Indifference and Medical Negligence by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On June 24, 2022, a prisoner in the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) accepted $20,000 to settle his claims of deliberate indifference and medical negligence against …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
$450,000 Settlement to Illinois Prisoner Whose Untreated Boil Left Him Paraplegic by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On August 17, 2021, after the IllinoisDepartment of Corrections (DOC) paid $450,000 to settle claims of medical neglect that cost him the use of his legs, a state prisoner successfully petitioned a federal …
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