Arizona Prisoners Win Preliminary Injunctions Requiring Centurion To Treat Them by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Twice in July 2022, the federal court for the District of Arizona spanked Centurion of Arizona, healthcare provider for the state Department of Corrections (DOC), issuing injunctions to correct mismanagement of prisoner medication. …
Arizona Jail Racks Up Four Deaths And Two Escapes In Less Than Two Months by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman After two detainees died within a week at Arizona’s Pima County Jail — and just before two more committed suicide — two other detainees managed to walk out, all within …
‘Plainly Grossly Inadequate’: Federal Court Finds Arizona Prison Healthcare Deliberately Indifferent to Prisoners’ Risk of Serious Harm by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 30, 2022, the federal court for the District of Arizona found that the healthcare state prisoners get is frankly awful — unconstitutionally so. As is …
Bossardet v. Centurion Healthcare, AZ, Expert Report-Thomas Fowlkes, Medical Care Claims, 2022 LAW OFFICES BROENING OBERG WOODS & WILSON Professional Corporation Address: 2800 North Central Avenue, Suite 1600 Phoenix, Arizona 85004 (602) 271-7700 Fax (602) 258-7785 Website: www.bowwlaw.com SARAH L. BARNES (602) 271-7793 slb@bowwlaw.com November 28, 2022 Stacy Scheff LAW …
“I Fucked Up”: Retired Arizona Prison Guard and GOP Candidate Allegedly Caught Masturbating Near Preschool by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A 27-year veteran prison guard retired from the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) suspended his run for the Maricopa Community College District Governing Board on October 20, …
News in Brief by Alabama: A convicted bank robber had 30 months added to his 17-year prison sentence on September 26, 2022, for bribing an Alabama jail guard to smuggle him a cellphone, K2 “spice” paper, and other contraband. According to a federal Department of Justice (DOJ) press release, while …
Arizona Naphcare Proposal, Oct. 2022 Solicitation Amendment No. 18 State of Arizona Attachment I Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry Procurement Services l645WJefferson Street Phoenix. AZ 85007 Offer and Acceptance Form Solicitation No. BPM003905 Inmate Correctional Healthcare SUBMISSION OF OFFER: Undersigned hereby offers and agrees to provide Inmate Correctional Healthcare …
Ninth Circuit Sends PLN’s Arizona Censorship Lawsuit Back to District Court by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 8, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the grant of summary judgment to Prison Legal News (PLN) in a …
SCOTUS Kneecaps Condemned Prisoners Claiming Ineffective Assistance of Counsel by Benjamin Tschirhart by Ben Tschirhart Ten years ago, in Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S. 1 (2012), the U.S. Supreme Court confronted a dilemma posed by Congress’ passage of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) of 1996. That law …
Puente Human Rights Movement v. Penzone, AZ, Reply of MSJ, Covid-19, 2022 Case 2:20-cv-01192-SPL-JZB Document 340 Filed 09/19/22 Page 1 of 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 Larry J. Wulkan (Bar No. 021404) ZWILLINGER WULKAN PLC 2020 North Central Avenue, Suite 675 Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Telephone: (602) 962-0089 Email: …
CoreCivic Workers Unionize and Go On Strike at Arizona Prison by Benjamin Tschirhart by Ben Tschirhart Some 20 newly unionized workers and their supporters manned a picket line at CoreCivic’s Central Arizona Florence Correctional Complex (CAFCC) on August 12, 2022, after pay negotiations broke down over a company offer the …
Arizona Closing Prison, Moving Prisoners to CoreCivic Lockup by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In January 2022, when Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) announced the closing of the state prison complex in Florence, he pointed to the facility’s age—it was built in 1904—and said spending an estimated $150 million on …
Arizona DOC Director Admits State Economy Would “Collapse” Without Cheap Prisoner Labor by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott During testimony before Arizona’s Joint Legislative Budget Committee on July 14, 2022, state Department of Corrections (DOC) Director David Shinn admitted that communities in the Grand Canyon State would “collapse” without cheap …
Arizona Supreme Court Clarifies Rules for Asserting Attorney-Client Privilege for Communications from Jail, Including Texts Using Tablets by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 9, 2022, the Supreme Court of Arizona ruled that a defendant who asserts attorney-client privilege for communications made from jail to his attorney, including text …
Campbell v. Corizon Health, AZ, Settlement, Denial of Medical Care, 2022 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GEJ'.""ERAL RELEASE This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE ("Agreement") is entered into by Kevin Campbell ("Plaintiff" or "Releasor") and Corizon Health, Inc. (hereinafter known as "Releasee"). Neither this Agreement, nor the specific payments set forth in Paragraph …
Former Arizona Corrections Chief Indicted After Drunken Armed Standoff with Tempe Police by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott In Phoenix on April 26, 2022, the Maricopa County State Attorney’s Office indicted Charles Lee Ryan, former Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, on two felony charges stemming from …
Guards Saluting Fascism on the Job—Literally by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Prison guards in Arizona, Utah and West Virginia have recently been reported indulging white supremacist and anti-prisoner views on the job. Most recently, members of the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) Special Tactics and Operations team proudly sported …
Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Ninth Circuit Opinion, PLN Censorship, 2022 Case 2:15-cv-02245-ROS Document 341-1 Filed 08/01/22 Page 1 of 28 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of: other Human Rights Defense Center, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHARLES L. RYAN, in …
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 …
Jensen v. Shinn, AZ, Order, Failure to Provide Medical Care, 2022 Case 2:12-cv-00601-ROS Document 4335 Filed 06/30/22 Page 1 of 200 1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 Shawn Jensen, et al., 9 10 Plaintiffs, 11 v. 12 …
