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Texas County Settles Suit Over Jail Prisoner’s Death for $250,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In April 2017, the estate and heirs of woman who died after she was allegedly denied medical care at the Tom Green County jail in San Angelo, Texas received $250,000 to settle a lawsuit …
Colorado: Defendants Settle After Death of Prisoner Denied Medical Treatment by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The estate of a man who died in a Colorado jail of a treatable foot malady has settled a lawsuit alleging Corrections Corporation of America (now CoreCivic) and other defendants caused his death by …
Article • January 3, 2018
Seventh Circuit Approves Use of "Correctional Cure-All" and Insensitive Treatment of Sick Prisoner by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled against a prisoner who claimed that his serious medical needs were treated with deliberate indifference at an Illinois prison. …
Article • December 26, 2017
Superintendent with Shady History of Supervision Hired by Another Jail by In the midst of an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department into whether South Carolina’s Hampton Roads Regional Jail (HRRJ) was violating detainees’ civil rights and breaking disability laws by depriving them of medical and mental health care, HRRJ’s …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Corizon Loses Indiana DOC Medical Contract Amid Lawsuits by David Reutter by David Reutter In 2005, at the urging of then-Governor Mitch Daniels, the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) awarded a contract to privatize medical care for prisoners. The winning bidder, Prison Health Services, merged in 2011 with Correctional Medical …
Brief • October 6, 2017
Davis v. Krueger, IN, Complaint, Medical Negligence, 2017 Case 2:17-cv-00467-JMS-MPB Document 1 Filed 10/06/17 Page 1 of 11 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION LEN DAVIS, ,,\'3.~(l,Li'.\Y_couRr VIY!SlOPi ' .. , U:> 17OCT -5 FM3: 35 ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY …
Brief • September 28, 2017
Balla v. Idaho State Board, ID, Order, 2017 Case 1:81-cv-01165-BLW Document 1202 Filed 09/28/17 Page 1 of 69 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO WALTER D. BALLA, et al., Case No. 1:81-cv-01165-BLW Plaintiffs, vs. IDAHO STATE BOARD OF CORRECTIONS, et al., ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING …
Rael v. New Mexico Corrections Department, NM, Settlement, Medical Malpractice, 2017
Numerous Lawsuits Filed Against Corizon Nationwide; Company Loses Contracts by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Corizon Health is one of the nation's largest for-profit medical providers for prisons and jails. Recent lawsuits against the company, however, call into question the quality, and even the availability, of the healthcare services it …
Brief • July 21, 2017
Davis v. Tenet Health System, MO, Settlement, Wrongful Death Thrombosis, 2017 0' ~ 0 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS STATE OF MISSOURI DOROTHY DA VIS, ) ) Plaintiff, vs. TENET HEALTl-I SYSTEM SL, INC., ct al. Defendants. ) Cause No. 1222-CC I 0603 ) ) …
Rael v. New Mexico Corrections Department, NM, Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2017 Case 1:17-cv-00613 Document 1 Filed 06/05/17 Page 1 of 14 STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF BERNALILLO SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT BRENTON RAEL, Plaintiff, vs. No. NEW MEXICO CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT; CORIZON HEALTH, INC.; CENTURION CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE OF NM; DENTRUST …
Pew: Prison Health Care Costs and Quality A report from Prison Health Care: Costs and Quality How and why states strive for high-performing systems Oct 2017 Contents 1 Overview 3 Prison Health Care Is Integral to Achieving State Goals Meet constitutional requirements 4 Strengthen public health 4 Protect public safety …
Brief • May 16, 2017
Hood v. Branan, MI, Settlement, 2017
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Filed under: Medical Misconduct
New Hampshire Jail Doctor Suspended Pending Misconduct Hearing by In April 2016, New Hampshire’s Board of Medicine suspended the license of a doctor who treated prisoners at the Valley Street Jail in Hillsborough County. The suspension followed allegations of professional misconduct. Dr. Matthew J. Masewic worked part time at the …
Article • April 13, 2017
Filed under: Medical Misconduct, CIA
New Study Links American Psychological Association to CIA Torture of Terror Detainees by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Psychologists are supposed to operate by a strict code of conduct that prohibits questionable practices such as facilitating potential physical and psychological damage to individuals, but a new study has revealed that …
New York Counties, Corizon Reach $1.85 Million Settlement in Detainee’s Death by Two New York counties agreed to pay $1.85 million to settle a lawsuit over the July 2011 death of detainee Irene Bamenga while she was under the care of private medical contractor Corizon Health. Bamenga, a French citizen, …
Some Lawsuits Resolved Against New Mexico Prison Doctor, Others Still Pending by Christopher Zoukis Since 2013, former New Mexico prison doctor Mark E. Walden, nicknamed “Dr. Fingers,” has faced allegations that he sexually abused a number of state prisoners. As a result of the alleged sexual assaults, he has been …
Third Circuit Holds Prisons Not Required to Treat Impotence or Infertility by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that prison officials do not have to treat medical conditions that could result in a prisoner’s impotence or infertility. When Shemtov Michtavi was incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution in …
Prisoner Deaths, Labor Conflicts Precipitate Loss of CA County Corizon Contract by Derek Gilna In August 2016, the Alameda County, California Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to end its ties with Corizon Health, Inc., and awarded a contract for county jail medical services to California Forensic Medical Group (CFMG). The …
Brief • January 19, 2017
Byrd v. Crews, FL, Motion to Compel Mortality Review, Inmate Violence and Refusal of Treatment, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION SALLEE BYRD, Case No. 4:14-cv-25-RH-CAS Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL D. CREWS, et al., Defendants. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION AND MOTION …
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