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Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Eighth Circuit Revives Missouri Prisoner’s Claim Against Prison Food Manager for Denying Renal Diet by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 14, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed the grant of summary judgment to a Missouri prison food service director accused of interfering …
Article • December 12, 2022
D.C. Circuit Grants BOP Medical Director Qualified Immunity in Suit Over Delayed Treatment of Prisoner’s Hepatitis C by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 5, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that the medical director of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Ninth Circuit Tells Nevada DOC: ‘Wait and See’ Prisoner Medical Care Can’t Become ‘Deny and Delay’ by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 4, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to Nevada prison officials who “never deviated from …
Brief • October 28, 2022
Hodges v. Helton, TN, Order Granting Application for Restraining Order, Medical Neglect, 2022 E-FILED 10/28/2022 6:28 PM CLERK & MASTER DAVIDSON CO. CHANCERY CT. IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, DAVIDSON COUNTY, PART III HENRY HODGES Plaintiff, vs. LISA HELTON, in her official capacity …
Brief • September 30, 2022
Estate of Kubiak v. CFG Health Systems, LLC, NJ, Settlement, Suicide-Medical Neglect, 2020 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS The SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS ("Agreement") is being entered into among and between ESTATE OF GREGORY KUBIAK BY AND THROUGH ITS ADMINISTRATOR AD PROSEQUENDUM DEANNA TESTA, ("ESTATE …
Publication • September 20, 2022
US Senate Staff Report-Uncounted Deaths in America's Prisons and Jails-Sept. 2022 United States Senate PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Jon Ossoff, Chair Ron Johnson, Ranking Member UNCOUNTED DEATHS IN AMERICA’S PRISONS & JAILS: HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FAILED TO IMPLEMENT THE DEATH IN …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Monkeypox: A Global Health Emergency by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen MD The World Health Organization has designated monkeypox a global health emergency because it has suddenly and unexpectedly spread around the world via new modes of transmission that are not understood. It is an emergency because …
Brief • September 1, 2022
Gartman v. Cheatham, AL, Opinion and Order, Medical Neglect, 2022 Case 2:18-cv-00534-MHT-JTA Document 294 Filed 09/01/22 Page 1 of 49 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION TRENTON GARTMAN, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. …
Article • August 18, 2022
California Prison Optometry Labs Under Pressure to Do Better by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott In August 2022, Senate Bill 1089 moved forward in the California Assembly, seeking to cut long turnaround times for eyeglasses made by prisoners working in the California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA). If passed, …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
$1,425,000 Paid to Epileptic Illinois Detainee Denied Medication Who Suffered Seizure and Fell From Upper Bunk in Jail by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins On December 26, 2021, a federal court dismissed a lawsuit filed by an epileptic former Illinois jail detainee after he accepted $1,425,000 to settle claims that …
$150,000 Class-Action Settlement Reached Over Massive Scabies Outbreak at CoreCivic Tennessee Jail by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett CoreCivic, the nation’s second-largest for-profit private prison operator, settled a class-action suit filed by former prisoners at the company’s Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility (MDDF) in Nashville on November 30, 2021. After deductions …
Lawsuits Filed Over Withheld Pain Medications That Left Ailing New York Prisoners in Agony by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Two suits playing out in federal court in New York in mid-2022 will determine whether the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) is held to account for a …
$405,000 Paid to Prisoner Disabled and Left Untreated at LaSalle-Managed Louisiana Jails by Anthony W. Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso A man disabled in a Louisiana jail privately operated by LaSalle Corrections has settled claims of neglect and mistreatment he suffered there and at another lockup the firm ran, accepting …
Brief • July 1, 2022
Brightly v. Corizon Health Incorporated, AZ, Order, Medical Neglect, 2022 Case 4:21-cv-00127-JCH Document 173 Filed 07/01/22 Page 1 of 15 1 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 4 5 Christopher Brightly, 6 No. CV 21-00127-TUC-JCH Plaintiff, 7 v. 8 ORDER GRANTING Corizon Health …
Brief • June 8, 2022
Richard v. Pfister, IL,Settlement, Denial of Medical Care, 2022 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION WILLIAM RICHARD, Plaintiff, No. 17 C 4677 V. D istrict Judge Thomas M. Durkin RAND Y PFISTER, et al., D efendants. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE Th.is …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
“On-Going Distress and Harm” Persist at FCI Sheridan Months After Court-Ordered Inspection by Brooke Kaufman by Brooke Kaufman In a status report filed in federal district court in Oregon in February 2022, a federal public defender said conditions at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Sheridan remained just as dire …
Brief • April 8, 2022
Gartman v. Cheatham, AL, Judgment, Medical Neglect, 2022 Case 2:18-cv-00534-MHT-JTA Document 274 Filed 04/08/22 Page 1 of 4 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION TRENTON GARTMAN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) PATRICK CHEATHAM, an ) Individual; ) …
Brief • March 31, 2022
Stojcevski v. County of Macomb, MI, Settlement, Failure to Provie Medical Care, 2022 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Release of All Claims and Settlement Agreement (Agreement) is made by Macomb County on behalf of Defendant Macomb County and Plaintiff Dafinka Stojcevski as Personal Representative of the Estate …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
After Sixth Death in Six Years, Virginia Jail Cuts Ties with Corizon Health by Jayson Hawkins, Keith Sanders Corizon Employee Charged with Falsifying Records by Jayson Hawkins and Keith Sanders On February 1, 2022, a 41-year-old Black man being held on a trespassing charge was found unresponsive in his cell …
Sixth Circuit Holds Subjective Prong of Deliberate Indifference Test Inapplicable to Pretrial Detainee’s Claims; Reinstates Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 22, 2021, in a case with enormous impact on the way jails may treat pretrial detainees, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided …
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