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Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Inadequate Medical Care in Texas Jails Kills Hundreds of Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to information provided by the Texas attorney general’s office, 282 prisoners died due to medical causes in county jails run by the state’s 254 sheriff’s departments between January 2005 and September 2009. That …
Gooch v. Buford et al, TN, Complaint, CCA inadequate medical care indifference, 2011 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0343 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0344 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0345 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0346 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0347 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0348 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0349
Article • April 15, 2011
Wackenhut Settles Wrongful Death Suit for $300,000 by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $300,000 to settle a wrongful death suit filed by the minor children of prisoner Lisa Ann Lowdermilk. The complaint alleged that while at Broward County work release, Lowdermilk died due to the negligence of Wackenhut employees Kenneth Day, …
Brief • March 28, 2011
Smith v. County of Lenawee, MI, Order - Summary Judgment, Wrongful Death Deliberate Indifference Alcohol Withdrawal, 2011 Case 2:09-cv-10648-DML-MJH Document 139 Filed 03/28/11 Page 1 of 50 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION SUETTA SMITH, as Personal Representative of the Estate of BRENDA SUE SMITH, Deceased, …
Summary Judgment for Illinois Jail Nurse Reversed in Wrongful Death Suit by Brandon Sample The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a grant of summary judgment in favor of a nurse at Illinois’ Peoria County Jail (PCJ) who was accused of providing deliberately indifferent medical care to …
Oregon Mental Patient Dead for Hours Feet from Nurse’s Station; Investigations Reveal Deficient Care and Superintendent Forced Out by In 2008, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) threatened to sue Oregon over abysmal conditions and patient care at the Oregon State Hospital (OSH), where the classic “One Flew Over …
Article • March 15, 2011
$11,500 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Cancer Death Lawsuit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $11,500 to settle the negligence lawsuit of Elizabeth Wall, sister of deceased D.C. Jail prisoner Frederick Thornton. On December 10, 2003, Thornton was transferred from the D.C. Jail to Greater Southeast Community Hospital for lung …
Article • March 15, 2011
$5,000 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Wrongful Medical Death Following Surgery by The District of Columbia (DC) paid $5,000 to settle a multi-count complaint in the death of prisoner Benjamin Brown following surgery for a colon reattachment. The complaint concerned the April 20, 2002 death of Brown at DC’s Central Treatment …
Brief • March 3, 2011
Alvarez v. West Virginia, WV, Complaint, Wrongful Medical Death, 2009 THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA Plaintiffs, v. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA REGIONAL JAIL & CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AUTHORITY, a department or agency of the State of West Virginia, JOE DELONG, in his official capacity as Executive Director of the …
Disability Rights Vermont Report Faults Staff for Disabled Prisoner’s Death by In June 2010, the advocacy group Disability Rights Vermont (DRV) released a report faulting the staff of the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility (CRCF) in South Burlington, Vermont in connection with the death of a disabled prisoner. Michael Crosby, 49, …
Federal Prisoner’s Death at FCI Pekin Triggers FBI Investigation by Derek Gilna The November 13, 2009 death of Adam Montoya, a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Pekin, Illinois, resulted in an investigation by the FBI. The Associated Press (AP) reported that “an autopsy concluded that the 36-year-old …
Kentucky Jail Under Investigation After Prisoner Dies; Sexual Abuse, Financial Mismanagement Also Alleged by Derek Gilna The Big Sandy Regional Detention Center, a jail in Paintsville, Kentucky, became the focus of a Kentucky State Police investigation after the death of a prisoner in March 2009. Additionally, a jail guard was …
St. Louis Lockups Violate Constitutional Rights, ACLU Asserts by Mark Wilson A troubling investigative report by the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri (ACLU-EM) has exposed a culture of abuse, corruption and cover-ups at the City Justice Center and the Medium Security Institution in St. Louis (CJC/MSI). The most …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
Mentally Ill Prisoner Terrorized, Forced to Wear Pink Underwear by Arizona Jailers by In the world of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, safety and security demand that male prisoners wear pink underwear. Indeed, this is so important to Arpaio and his staff that detainees who refuse to change into pink …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
Former Ohio Prison Guard Dies Shackled to Hospital Bed by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke For five years, Jeff Maier, 53, was an Ohio prison guard. Then for 13 months he was an Ohio state prisoner. The change from one side of the bars to the other occurred after Maier …
Youell v. Correctional Medical Services, Inc., MO, 2nd Amended Complaint, Jail Heroin Withdrawal Death, 2010 Case: 4:10-cv-01180-TIA Doc. #: 49 Filed: 12/22/10 Page: 1 of 13 PageID #: 200 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION KRISTINE YOUELL, AS NEXT FRIEND OF E.B., and ISAAC …
Wexford Pays $300,000 in Illinois Prisoner’s Death by Wexford Health Services paid $300,000 last year to settle a lawsuit regarding the wrongful death of an Illinois prisoner who died in June 2003 after suffering an asthma attack. The complaint alleged Wexford failed to properly train and supervise its medical staff …
$4 Million Settlement in R&B Singer’s Death from Drug Withdrawal in Ohio Jail for Failure to Pay Child Support by $4 Million Settlement in R&B Singer’s Death from Drug Withdrawal in Ohio Jail for Failure to Pay Child Support A $4 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that …
Crouse v. Allegheny County, PA, Complaint, Inmate Suicide, 2010 Case 2:09-cv-01221-DSC Document 47 Filed 12/11/10 Page 1 of 21 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA BEVERLY CROUSE, as Administrator of ) the Estate of Shiva Lal Acharya, deceased, ) on behalf of the estate …
Prisoner Deaths Continue at King County Jail Despite DOJ Intervention by Mark Wilson A rash of detainee deaths at the King County Correctional Facility (KCCF) in Seattle, Washington prompted the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to open an investigation into conditions at the jail on October 30, 2006. As the …
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