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Failure to Treat Immigrant Detainee’s Fatal Penile Cancer Ruled “Beyond Cruel” by John Dannenberg Failure to Treat Immigrant Detainee’s Fatal Penile Cancer Ruled “Beyond Cruel” by John E. Dannenberg A U.S. District Court (C.D. Cal.) has ruled that the repeated failure of U.S. immigration authorities over an eleven-month period to …
Florida DCF Responsible for Transportation of Mental Patients Committed Under Fla. Stat. § 393.11, et seq. by David Everette, a Florida state mental patient, was committed to the Department of Children & Family Services (DCF) under Fla. Stat. 916.13, et seq., after being found incompetent to stand trial for an …
Article • August 15, 2008
Second Circuit Finds Personal Involvement, Reverses Dismissal of Bivens Claim by The Second Circuit of Appeals has reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s Bivens claim, alleging denial of glaucoma medication which caused his permanent blindness. In September 2001, DEA agents arrested Rodney Thomas in California on drug charges. …
Colorado County Sheriff, Jail Nurse Liable For Detainee's Leg Amputation, Illness by Park County (Colorado) Jail detainee and Mexico citizen Moises Reyes brought § 1983 and state law action against the Park County Board of County Commissioners (BCC), Sheriff Fred Wegener, Captain Monte Gore and nurse Vickie Paulsen after losing …
California DOC Federal Health Care Receiver Replaced by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Robert Sillen, the scrappy Receiver appointed by a U.S. District Court to fix California’s ailing prison healthcare system, was replaced on January 23, 2008 by J. Clark Kelso, former Chief Information Officer for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. …
Virgin Islands Prison Ordered Revamped After Ignoring Court's Warnings by U.S. District Court Judge Warren Young ordered change-at the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility (GGACF) in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. The court's original recommendation spurred by numerous complaints was ignored, leading to a persuasive Memorandum Opinion and accompanying order in …
Gautier v. Hickman, CA, Settlement, prisoner medical death, 2007 Case 2:07-cv-00390-GGH 1 2 3 Document 92 Filed 06/27/2008 Page 1 of 3 LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD SELTZER RICHARD A. SELTZER, SBN 92317 2 Theatre Square, Suite 234 Orinda, California 94563 Telephone: (925) 253-7909 Facsimile: (925) 254-0550 4 5 Attorneys for …
Nevada Prisoner Health Care So Atrocious, Prisoners Volunteer for Execution to Avoid Suffering by David Reutter by David M. Reutter “It is my opinion that the medical care provided at Ely State Prison amounts to the grossest possible medical malpractice, and the most shocking and callous disregard for human life …
California Prison Beset by Deadly Valley Fever Epidemic by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In the past three years more than 900 of the 5,300 prisoners at California’s Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP) in Fresno County, plus 80 staff members, have contracted coccidioidomycosis, a fungus commonly known as “valley …
Williams v. Hardeman Co and CCA, TN, Complaint, medical neglect inmate death TBC, 2008 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0459 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0460 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0461 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0462 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0463 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0464 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0465 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0466 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0467 …
Brown v. Nashua, NH, Complaint, jail wrongful death medical neglect, 2008 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ----------------------------------------------------------------------X MAUREEN P. BROWN, as Administrator of the ) Estate of CATHERINE A. WADE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) vs. ) CITY OF NASHUA, NASHUA POLICE DEPARTMENT ) DETENTION SPECIALISTS …
Article • May 15, 2008 • from PLN May, 2008
Deadly Staph Infection 'Superbug' Has a Dangerous Foothold in U.S. Jails by Silja JA Talvi by Silja J.A. Talvi Dr. Jeff Duchin, the communicable diseases chief for Seattle/King County Department of Public Health holds his soap-lathered hands in an attention-grabbing newspaper cover photo. Above his dignified image is a highly …
Prison Doctors, Tainted by Regulatory Board Discipline, Administer Wisconsin Prisoner Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Whenever prisoners complain about inept healthcare, prison officials accuse them of being manipulating whiners, or assert they are being administered the ?community standard of care? by competent medical professionals. A review by …
Washington Jail Prisoners Suffer from Overcrowding, Abusive Guards, Inadequate Health Care and Indifferent Politicians by Roger Smith Since the mid-1990s, Washington State jail populations have increased exponentially. Obsolete facilities built decades ago to hold a handful of prisoners are now packed like sardine tins, with as many prisoners sleeping on …
Article • May 15, 2008 • from PLN May, 2008
Texas Prison Health Care: On the Brink of Unconstitutionality, Again by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to Texas prison healthcare officials, medical care in the state?s prison system is teetering on the brink of becoming unconstitutional. ?We?re toed up to the line. No doubt about it,? proclaimed Dr. Ben …
Alabama DOC Charges Prisoners Unlawful Fees to Cover Budget Shortfalls by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 1, 2007, the Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts released an audit report critical of the funding practices of the state's Department of Corrections (DOC). The DOC operates 19 prisons, 10 …
Phillips v. Chandler, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2008 Case: 3:07-cv-50063 Document #: 68 Filed: 05/15/08 Page 1 of 17 PageID #:148 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION GEORGE PHILLIPS, Plaintiff, V. ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 3:07-cv-50063 ) NEDRA CHANDLER, KAROLYN SHERIDAN, ) RAJENDER …
Brief • May 2, 2008
Castillo v Dashiell, CA, Order of dismissal, medical neglect blindness, 2005 Case ~ '04-cv-00737-GEB-GGH Filed 05/02/2008 Document 94 Page 1 of 2 EDMUND G. BROWN, Jr. Attorney General of the State of California 2 ALBERTO L. GONZALEZ Supervising Deputy Attorney General 3 OLIVER R. LEWiS, State Bar No. 133557 Deputy …
Federal Judges Convene Three-Judge Panel to Consider “Prisoner Release Orders” to Remedy California’s Prison Overcrowding; Upheld on Appeal by Federal Judges Convene Three-Judge Panel to Consider "Prisoner Release Orders" to Remedy California's Prison Overcrowding; Upheld on Appeal On July 23, 2007, two United States District Court judges in the Northern …
Audit Reveals Problems with Maryland’s New Prisoner Health Care System by Michael Rigby Audit Reveals Problems with Maryland's New Prisoner Health Care System by Michael Rigby Maryland's new prisoner health care program remained understaffed in 2006, and the state Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) has yet to …
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