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Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
to state prisoner John E. Taylor, Jr., after finding officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) and its contracted medical provider, Wexford Health Sources, had violated his constitutional ...
violation of the ADA, which encompassed Farris’ mental health diagnosis in its description of a “person with a disability.” See: Farris v. Kohlrus, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23805 (C.D. Ill ...
Article • November 5, 2022
request that was allegedly ignored. Only when a guard noticed the injury two days later was Sobczyk sent to the health care unit. Once there, he was seen by nurse Lynn Chattic, informing her that he heard ...
by the City and County to pay $160,000 to Sanchez and Jordan; Denver Health Medical Center settled its part of the suit for an additional payment of $320,000. See: Sanchez v. City & Cty. of Denver, USDC (D ...
In-the-News Article • January 1, 2005
centered on the state's Public Disclosure Act, which Wright used while he was still behind bars to seek copies of various documents related to prison health workers who'd been found to have committed ...
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
. A suicide attempt followed, and he was transferred to Jester IV Unit — without crutches — for mental health treatment. There Davis complained of pain to medical personnel, who ordered additional X ...
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
$10 Million Post-Appeal Settlement in Oklahoma Jail Prisoner Death Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After having most of its defenses rebuked by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, Tulsa ...
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
in this era of near-constant war, NeSmith suffered from untreated mental health issues. After nearly being killed in a training accident in April 2013 at Camp Horn, his mental condition rapidly deteriorated ...
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
filed suit pro se in January 2014. The Court then granted summary judgment to Defendants, DOC, Dr. Ronald Woodall (an employee of its privately contracted health care provider, Wexford Health Sources ...
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
of sight, out of mind” attitude that turns the country’s prisons and jails into human warehouses. Disregarding its impact on communities is dangerous — especially in the midst of the COVID ...
Article • November 4, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Hepatitis
in accessing care,” said Gregg Alton, Chief Patient Officer at Gilead Sciences. Because HCV infections are easily spread by sexual contact and sharing needles, the disease poses a health risk to the rest ...
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Lawsuit Over Conditions at BOP’s New York City Prison Continues as COVID-19 Spreads by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A prison health expert report found that Brooklyn’s Metropolitan ...
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Oakland County Jail due to its mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Plaintiffs filed ...
; the New York Constitution provide comparable protections to pretrial inmates.” The Court held that the COVID-19 pandemic posed “a deadly threat to inmates,” and its presence at the prison ...
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Settlement Improves ADA Accessibility Features, Health Care and Training in Florida Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) entered into another ...
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Suicides
Prisoner Suicide Rates Highest in California by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon While an estimated 40 percent of all prisoners have a diagnosed mental health condition, the number of prisoners ...
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
$275,000 Settlement Reached After Detainee’s Attempted Suicide at Illinois Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In April 2021, Illinois’ DuPage County Jail (DCJ) and its ...
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Suicides
Health Unit (MHU). But he was then released back into the general population at the jail. All told, Hawkins attempted suicide at least five times at the jail—usually by hanging but once ...
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19
needs. This is neglect in the prison system.” The NJDOC has blamed the COVID-19pandemic for the lack of medical care. In a statement, a spokesperson for NJDOC said its health-care contractors &ldquo ...
Brief • March 23, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
, and housing of class members; 25 26 27 28 • Provision of hygiene and cleaning supplies; • Health care and custody staffing plans; and • Coordination with community hospitals and among the ten prison ...
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