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Deaths and Lawsuits Mount at “Disgusting” Atlanta Jail

Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024

Filed under: Jail Specific

medical provider, NaphCare. See: Kendall v. Fulton Cty., USDC (N.D. Ga.), Case No. 1:23-cv-00416. Despite 300 similar lawsuits against the firm, the county renewed its contract with NaphCare for $33 million ...

Eighth Circuit Rules Iowa Prisoner’s Adverse Summary Judgment Is Not a “Strike”

Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026

Filed under: Filing Fees (PLRA), Frivolous Litigation (PLRA), Summary Judgment, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Access To Courts

Hawk County Jail mental healthcare contractor NaphCare, Inc. was dismissed in September 2025; Artisani’s pending appeal to that was filed at the Eighth Circuit in time to receive IFP status. See ...

Private Prison Health-care Industry Grows as States Cut Costs, Bringing in Millions of Dollars

Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012

Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Health Services, Naphcare, Armor Correctional Health Services, MHM Inc., Private Contractors

-based NaphCare and GEO Group’s GEO Care. The recent merger that created Corizon Healthcare shows the scope of the industry. Prior to the merger, PHS Corrections had 57 contracts in 150 prisons and jails ...

PLN editor quoted about private prison medical care companies

In-the-News Article • August 13, 2014

and jails; corrections officials there have said they are satisfied with the quality of care in their institutions. * NaphCare, founded in 1989 and headquartered in Alabama, recently signed ...

Adams v. NaphCare, VA, Settlement Agreement, Jail Death, 2019

Brief • March 5, 2019

Filed under: Pain, Failure to Treat, Food, Jail Specific, Wrongful Death, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Adams v. NaphCare, VA, Settlement Agreement, Jail Death, 2019 Case 2:16-cv-00229-RBS Document 291 Filed 03/05/19 Page 1 of 1 PageID# 4148 NR - 5 2019 COWARD ^^ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW ...

Baker v Campbell Al Motion Preliminary Injunction 2003 Medical Conditions

Brief • 2003

similarly situated, Plaintiffs, vs. DONAL CAMPBELL, Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections; RALPH HOOKS, Warden of St. Clair Correctional Facility; and NAPHCARE, INC., Defendants. MOTION ...

From the Editor

Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014

Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Editorials

with similar performance problems. Besides Corizon, other prison medical care companies include Wexford Health Sources, Centurion, NaphCare, Armor Correctional Health Services, Correct Care Solutions and Conmed ...

From the Editor

Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024

Filed under: Editorials

’s cover story on Naphcare is pretty much the same as every story we have run on private, for profit prison health care companies. Their entire business model is premised on the notion that they get ...

From the Editor

Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020

reported frequently on Wellpath and other private medical companies such as Corizon, Wexford, Armor, NaphCare, Centurion and more. Despite promises to provide better quality medical care at a lower price ...

Georgia Advocacy Office v. Patrick Labat, Ga, Cost, Lack of Mental Care, 2022

Brief • March 1, 2022

Filed under: Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

1/30/20 2/14/19 Total: $ 64,720.69 C Taylor OA Crowder Taylor & Holiday Naphcare Jackson Coolie & Cabellero Dudley Basnight Ray 1 Ray 2 JN depo Sparkman Adger Print Costs Print Costs Print Costs ...

Fifth Circuit Reinstates Denial of Medical Care Suit Against Texas County Jail

Article • May 7, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018

Filed under: Diabetes, Skeletal Disorder, Failure to Treat

, 2017, Nueces County filed a third-party complaint against Naphcare, Inc., the private contractor that provides medical care at the county jail. The case remains pending. ...

Arizona Prison Forcibly Induced Labor for Pregnant Prisoners

Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023

Filed under: Naphcare, Forcible Treatment

of drugs that cause uterine contractions. These contractions can be more painful than those of spontaneous labor and carry a higher risk of soft tissue tears. NaphCare, the Alabama-based private firm ...

USDA Gives $1,000,000 Grant to Corizon to Treat More Sick Prisoners Remotely

Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022

Filed under: Corizon, Failure to Treat

, 2021, report by Newsweek noted that 49 state prison systems currently rely on contracted health care providers like Corizon and its four main competitors, NaphCare Inc., PrimeCare Medical Inc., Armor ...

List of major for-profit prison services and companies

Publication • June 5, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Transport Companies, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Wexford Health Services, Youth Services International, Civigenics, Naphcare, Management and Training Corporation, Emerald Correctional Management, Armor Correctional Health Services, California Forensic Medical Group, MHM Inc., Addus HealthCare, Community Education Centers, LaSalle Management Company, Sentinel, Aramark, Corizon, JPay, Inc., Centurion, G4S/Group 4, Private Contractors

) NaphCare, Inc. Correct Care Solutions Wexford Health Sources Armor Corr. Health Services Advanced Correctional Healthcare Correctional Medical Care Southern Health Partners MHM (mental health) Cal. Forensic ...

Soaring Medical Costs in Washington Jails

Article • January 1, 2026 • from PLN January, 2026

Filed under: Private Contractors, Medical Expenses, Malpractice, Jail Specific, Contractor Liability

example, when Kitsap County recently put out a request for a medical provider, only their current provider responded, Everhealth LLC, a subsidiary of Alabama-based NaphCare. As a result, Kitsap County ...

Virginia Mentally-Ill Man’s Death by Deterioration in Jail Cell Exhibits Policy Failures

Article • December 14, 2017

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

filed a $60 million wrongful death lawsuit against HRRJ and several other individual defendants. Among those defendants listed was NaphCare, Inc., the private company that provided health services at HRRJ ...

In Re Tehum Care Services, Inc, Stip and Order Re Christopher Brightlys Motion to Lift Stay, 2023

Brief • September 19, 2023

Filed under: Failure to Treat

to the present against (i) Centurion of Arizona LLC, (ii) Dorothy Hines, (iii) Laura Elliot, (iv) A Ferguson, (v) Natalie Bell, (vi) Nick Salyer, and (vii) NaphCare Incorporated (collectively, the “Severed Claims ...

Grassroots Leadership, Sc Cms Report, 2004

Publication

Filed under: Private Prisons, Medical

were in conjunction with a lawsuit against the provider, NaphCare, and the state.18. A three-part series on injurious health care provided by Prison Health Care [PHS] in Philadelphia’s jails criticized ...

Georgia Advocacy Office v. Jackson, GA, Complaint, Jail Conditions for Mentally Ill Prisoners, 2019

Brief • April 1, 2019

Filed under: Retaliatory Segregation, Eighth Amendment, Exercise, Plumbing, Hygiene Supplies, Booking Fees, Americans with Disabilities Act, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Staff Training

NaphCare, Inc., to ensure that its personnel provide necessary mental health care and medically appropriate living conditions to people with psychiatric disabilities. Defendant Lightbourne is a resident ...

We Wanted To Find Troubled Jails, So We Counted The Bodies

Article • February 24, 2017

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Corrections Audits, Prison/Jail Murders, Statistics/Trends, Jail Specific, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Police--Excessive Force, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

cited in the lawsuit, corrections officers “physically restrained and pepper sprayed” Hill before taking him to medical. Staff for the private correctional medical provider NaphCare warned ...