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Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Rikers Island Death Case Against City of New York Settles for $5.5 Million by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A wrongful death action filed by the decedent’s estate of a Rikers Island prisoner against the City of New York, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., Prison Health Services, …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
$70,000 Settlement in Private Firm’s Failure to Treat Arizona Prisoner’s Broken Wrist by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Corizon Health, Inc. agreed to pay $70,000 to settle a civil rights action alleging it failed to properly treat an Arizona prisoner’s wrist injury. Eric Kevin Pesqueira incurred a wrist injury …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19
Denied Medical Care During Pandemic, New Jersey Prisoner Treats Infected Wound With Bleach by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell While the coronavirus runs rampant through the country’s prisons, medical treatment for even serious problems has taken a backseat, leaving prisoners to get creative and perform their own treatment. For one …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Efforts to Keep COVID-19 Out of Montana Prisons Fuels Outbreaks in County Jails by Alex Sakariassen by Alex Sakariassen, Kaiser Health News, September 29, 2020 When Joshua Martz tested positive for COVID-19 this summer in a Montana jail, guards moved him and nine other inmates with the disease into a …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons, COVID-19
Two-Thirds of Nevada Prisoners Confined in Arizona Private Prison Test Positive for COVID-19 by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson "We said since day one, prisons, especially private prisons shielded from transparency and oversight, are a hot spot for COVID-19 transmission.” That’s what the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Nevada …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19
Coronavirus: A Second Wave of Infection by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen, M.D. It may be useful to know some more about the words epidemiologists use to describe disease statistics. Incidence refers to the number of new infections. Prevalence or “active cases” refers to the number currently …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Eleventh Circuit Vacates COVID-19 Injunction Against Miami Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Just because prisoners get sick with COVID-19 in a jail too crowded to practice safe social distancing does not make jail officials liable because so long as they say they are doing “their best,” they …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Telephone Rates
$225,000 Windfall in Lehigh County, Pa. But Officials Don’t Cut Jail Phone Costs by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Renegotiation of its jail telephone contract netted Pennsylvania’s Lehigh County an unbudgeted $225,000 windfall. Mark Pinsley, the county comptroller, urged county officials to put that “revenue back into efforts to …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Pennsylvania Prisoner Loses Part of Leg, Wins Appeal in Precedential Grievance Process Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 20, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, issued a precedent-setting ruling that clarified when a “misrepresentation” to a prisoner renders a …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Ankle Monitor Shortage at Chicago Jail Put Prisoner Releases During COVID in Limbo by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Chicago’s Cook County Jail expanded its electronic monitoring program (EM) and moved detainees to home confinement in response to COVID-19. As officials ran out of ankle monitors, at least 10 …
Article • October 27, 2020
Filed under: Corizon, Medical, Family
$21,000 Settlement in Suit Alleging Violations of Family Medical Leave Act and Pregnancy Discrimination Act by Corizon Health, Inc., agreed to pay $21,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging it violated the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). The November 1, 2012, settlement was …
Doe v. NYPD, NY, Amended Complaint, Restraints on Pregnant Prisoners, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-01344-ARR-LB Document 25 Filed 10/27/20 Page 1 of 35 PageID #: 149 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JANE DOE, on her own behalf and on behalf of her minor son, BABY DOE, Plaintiff, No. …
Brief • October 26, 2020
Lippert v. Jeffreys, IL, Def. Response to Motion to Compel Employee Testing, Covid Response, 2020 Case: 1:10-cv-04603 Document #: 1351 Filed: 10/26/20 Page 1 of 11 PageID #:18190 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DON LIPPERT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. J.B. PRITZKER, et al., …
Herriges v. County of Macomb, MI, Partial Settlement, Failure to Provide Medical Care, 2020 Case 2:19-cv-12193-DML-EAS ECF No. 103, PageID.1760 Filed 10/26/20 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION CAROL HERRIGES, as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF DIETER HERRIGES-LOVE, deceased, Plaintiff, v. …
Carter v Derr, LA, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2020 Receipt and Release * STATE OF LOUEIANA PARISH OF h) 1}{AT I, ild KNOWALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: * iNN Itre D. Cryter, a persm of tre fi:ll age of rmiority, Fnreinafter ssnsttnes "Apwrr," designated * for ad in csrsideratim of ttn …
Brief • October 23, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Nunez v. City of New York, NY, 10th Monitor Report, Covid Response, 2020 Case 1:11-cv-05845-LTS-JCF Document 360 Filed 10/23/20 Page 1 of 296 Tenth Report of the Nunez Independent Monitor Tenth Monitoring Period January 1, 2020 – June 30, 2020 Case 1:11-cv-05845-LTS-JCF Document 360 Filed 10/23/20 Page 2 of 296 …
Dockery v. Cain, 5th Circuit, Appellees Brief, Conditions of Confinement, 2020 Case: 20-60086 Document: 00515613039 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/22/2020 No. 20-60086 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT JERMAINE DOCKERY, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; JOSEPH OSBORNE, on behalf of themselves …
Suarez v. GEO Group, NM, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2020 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE ("Agreement") is enteted into by Osvaldo Suatez, DOB 02/15/1983, SSN 429 .. 53~4354 ("Plaintiff' or "Releasor") and The GEO Group; Inc,, (hereinafter "GEO" or "Releasee" or "Defendant"). ''GEO," "Releasee" and …
Brief • October 21, 2020
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Suarez v. The Geo Group, Inc., et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2020 Centurion 003207 1u,:1.1 '.ASt1: IN H ll.1 1 ANI> Sft:'l''l'Ll•:Ml•~NT AGIU~EM 11:N'l' 1 TIIIS 1i 111,1-:A~I IN l·IJl ,I /\NI) ~l !T'l'l .l~MI \NT /\(iHHLMl ·'. NT ("Agreement") is ---- 2020, by< )svaldo Suarez. JU,'.('ITALS /\ …
Brief • October 16, 2020
Parsons v. Shinn, AZ, Ptf. Reply in Support of Motion to Enforce Court Order, Covid Response, 2020 Case 2:12-cv-00601-ROS Document 3781 Filed 10/16/20 Page 1 of 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Jared G. Keenan (Bar No. 027068) Casey Arellano (Bar No. 031242) ACLU FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA …
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