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Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Alaska Medical Care Reimbursement Statute Extends to Former Prisoners; State Refuses to Pay Part of Medical Malpractice Judgment by Mark Wilson On June 24, 2011, the Alaska Supreme Court held that state law allows the Alaska Department of Corrections (ADOC) to seek reimbursement of medical costs from former prisoners. Dewell …
Rehder v. Huggins, TN, Settlement, Excessive Force - Pepper Spray, 2012 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEAS~. PLEASE READ CAREF'(JJ.,LY. TIDS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT At"JD GENERAL RELEASE INCLUDES A RELEASE OF ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN CLAIMS. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, Christopher Rehder alleges that, while an inmate in the _. · _. · · …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Filed under: Medical, Medical Expenses
Texas State Auditor Blasts UTMB, Texas Tech Prisoner Health Care Costs by Medical care for more than 150,000 prisoners in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is contracted out to two state university medical systems – the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) and Texas Tech University …
Publication • November 18, 2011
Healthcare Copay Report, 2011 - Bureau of Prisons
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Medical, Medical Expenses
California: County Not Liable For Precommitment Arrestees' Medical Costs by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeals held that San Diego County was not financially responsible for medical care for precommitment arrestees who received medical care at community hospitals prior to being booked into county jail. …
Article • September 15, 2011
Oklahoma County Jails Responsible For Initial Cost of Treating Prisoner’s Pre-Existing Condition by David Reutter Oklahoma County Jail Responsible for Initial Cost of Treating Prisoners’ Pre-Existing Conditions by David Reutter The Oklahoma Supreme Court has held that a county’s liability for prisoners’ medical care includes pre-arrest health conditions. The Court …
Article • July 15, 2011
Filed under: Medical, Medical Expenses
California: City Liable For Hospital Costs of Prisoner Taken from City Jail by John Dannenberg By John E. Dannenberg In May 2003, indigent prisoner Kenneth Denham was arrested and detained by Oakland police. Five days later they took him to the county jail, but the county refused to accept him …
Article • July 15, 2011
California: Hospital Billings for Injured Victim Are Not Subject To Restitution Order by The California Court of Appeal held that the sentence of a perpetrator of elder abuse injuries could not be enhanced to include a restitution order to repay the medical billings from his victim's hospital provider. The court …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Mississippi Governor Grants Early Release to Scott Sisters by Derek Gilna In a recent resolution to a celebrated Mississippi civil rights case, in which sisters Gladys and Jamie Scott each served 16 years of a life sentence for their part in a 1993 armed robbery that netted as little as …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Inefficiencies in Prison Pharmacy Operations Cost California Taxpayers at Least $13 Million Annually by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim Responding to concerns brought to its attention by pharmacy staff regarding the amount of medication wasted in California’s prisons, in April 2010 the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a …
Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011
Billing Medicaid Would Save NC $11.5 Million in Prison Medical Care Costs by Mark Wilson The North Carolina Department of Corrections (NCDOC) “could save about $11.5 million a year by requiring hospitals and other medical service providers to bill Medicaid for eligible inmate inpatient hospital and professional services,” according to …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
Texas Pays for Geriatric Prisoners, Rarely Grants Medical Parole by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), geriatric prisoners – those over 55 years old – comprise only 7.3% of TDCJ’s population. However, they account for almost one-third of the prison system’s medical expenses. …
Civilly Committing Sex Offenders Strains Some States’ Budgets by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The twenty states that have civil commitment programs will spend close to a half-billion dollars in 2010 to incarcerate and provide treatment for some 5,200 civilly-committed sex offenders. The per-offender cost for civil commitment is much …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
California: Harsh Sentencing Laws and Health Care Costs Strain Corrections Budget by In May 2010, responding to a legislative request for information related to the impact of correctional operations on California’s budget, State Auditor Elaine Howle submitted a report subtitled “Inmates Sentenced Under the Three Strikes Law and a Small …
The Graying of America’s Prisons by James Ridgeway Frank Soffen, now 70 years old, has lived more than half his life in prison, and will likely die there. Sentenced to life for second-degree murder, Soffen has suffered four heart attacks and is confined to a wheelchair. He has lately been …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Filed under: Medical, Medical Expenses
North Carolina Lacks Control and Overpays for Prisoner Health Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter North Carolina’s Department of Corrections (NDOC) has inadequate procedures to contain prisoner medical costs and it overpays for prisoner medical care, concludes a fiscal control audit issued by the state’s auditor. NDOC spends …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Expanded Eligibility for New York Medical Parole Has Little Effect by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In April 2009, New York passed a statutory amendment that expanded the state’s compassionate release program for terminally ill prisoners. The amendment permitted medical parole for prisoners convicted of certain violent crimes who were …
Article • May 15, 2010
Ninth Circuit Holds VA Benefits can Be Used to Help Pay for Incompetent Veteran's Subsistence by The Ninth Circuit has held that the Veteran's Benefits Act, which makes benefits earned by United states military veterans "exempt from the claims of creditors" (38 U.S.C. § 5301 (a) (1)), does not prohibit …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Florida County Jail Discontinues Medical Co-Pay Policy by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Saying it was “not even worth it” to collect an $8 medical co-payment from prisoners seeking medical care, Florida’s Pinellas County Sheriff Jim Coats has abolished the practice at his jail. In these tough economic times …
California DOC’s Former Healthcare Receiver Overpaid Staff Benefits by $218,790 by Marvin Mentor A February 2008 “disbursement review” report by California’s Inspector General (IG) revealed that the state’s former federal court-appointed prison healthcare Receiver, Robert Sillen, had expended hundreds of thousands of dollars in questionable expenses for travel, in-lieu employee …
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