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Psych Evaluations Questioned Following D.C. Jail Suicides by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke The methods used for psychological evaluation and housing of prisoners at the Washington, D.C. Jail are being questioned after two prisoners committed suicide within a three-month period. Alicia Edwards, 32, had a history of mental illness …
$4 Million Settlement In Rape and Beating Death of Mentally Ill New Jersey Prisoner by Michael Rigby by Michael Rigby The daughters of a mentally ill man who was raped and beaten to death by another prisoner in New Jersey's Camden County Correctional Facility (CCCF) will receive a combined $4 …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Florida Jails: State’s Largest Mental Health Providers by David Reutter Florida Jails: State's Largest Mental Health Providers by David M. Reutter Florida's policy of allowing mentally ill citizens to languish without treatment until they have encounters with law enforcement has turned the state's county jails into the primary provider of …
Sanabria v. Hillsborough County, NH, Complaint, employee sex bias jail prisoner abuse, 2007 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ************************** * * Plaintiff * * v. * * Hillsborough County Department * of Corrections * * Defendants * ************************** Doris Sanabria Civil Action: 1:07-cv-284-JM COMPLAINT PARTIES …
Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007
The New Asylum: Supermax as Warehouse for the Mentally Ill by David C Fathi by David C. Fathi1 The prison industry, like any other, has its fashions. And in the 1990s, "supermax" prisons were a raging fad. According to Chase Riveland, former secretary of corrections in Washington and Colorado, [t]hey …
A RE-BIRTH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION: USING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TO OVERCOME SECTION 1983 HURDLES AND HOLD GOVERNMENT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABLE by A RE-BIRTH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION: USING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TO OVERCOME SECTION 1983 HURDLES AND HOLD GOVERNMENT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABLE A Review of …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Suicides Plague Wisconsin Jails; Attempted Suicide Suit Settles for $13.1 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke There has been a rash of suicides in Wisconsin jails, including six in 2005 and four in the first half of 2006. One jail, in LaCrosse County, experienced prisoner suicides in 1997, …
Landmark Settlement Reduces SHU Time, Increases Treatment Of New York Prisoners With Mental Illness by by Betsy Sterling After five years of litigation and two weeks of trial, the New York State Department of Correctional Services and Office of Mental Health have agreed to a settlement that establishes major improvements …
Locklear v. Marlboro County, SC, Exhibit 12 - Contract Between SHP and Charles Bush, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2007 Exhibit 1 PHYSICIAN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT between Southern Health Partners, Inc. and CHARLES A. BUSH, M.D. THIS AGREEMENT IS MADE AND ENTERED INTO this 1ST day of July, 2001, between …
Duvall v. Dallas County, TX, Complaint, Failure to Protect; Infection, 2007 Case 3:07-cv-00929-L Document 1 Filed 05/24/07 Page 1 of 10 PageID 1 Case 3:07-cv-00929-L Document 1 Filed 05/24/07 Page 2 of 10 PageID 2 Case 3:07-cv-00929-L Document 1 Filed 05/24/07 Page 3 of 10 PageID 3 Case 3:07-cv-00929-L Document …
Michigan Prisons: Another CMS Failure in Privatized Prisoner Health Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Another state prison system that subjected itself to the experiment of privatized medical services has learned the same hard lesson suffered by other states: a trail of inadequate care that leaves prisoners dead …
Expert Testimony Fails to Prove Subjective Mental Intent of Psychiatrist by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that expert testimony does not establish a psychiatrist's subjective mental intent in a prisoner's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging an Eighth Amendment claim for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs. This …
Article • May 15, 2007
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Serious Medical Need by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a jury may find that obsessive-compulsive disorder is a serious medical need that must be recognized by arresting officers and jail officials. This 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 action asserted claims for excessive force, unlawful arrest, deliberate …
EMSA Not Liable for Ohio Prisoner's Restraint-Related Injury by In this case involving an Ohio prisoner whose fingers required amputation due to allegedly improperly applied restraints, the Ohio Court of Appeals, Tenth Appellate District, affirmed a jury's verdict in favor of EMSA Correctional Care, a for-profit health care provider. Plaintiff …
Article • May 15, 2007
Indiana Juvenile's Rights Discussed by The Indiana Supreme Court has held that Indiana's Constitution and laws do not require that all juveniles be placed in other than an adult prison, but held the juvenile in this case did state a claim related to her medical treatment. This civil action was …
Claims Against California Youth Authority Valid, Class Certified by The U.S. District Court, E.D. California, held that a California Youth Authority (CYA) prisoner had standing for injunctive relief as to mental health claim; allegations supported Rehabilitation Act (RA) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claims and access to court claims; …
Article • May 15, 2007
California Settles Inadequate Psychiatric, Medical Care Suit for $1.5 Million by On May 16, 1996, the State of California agreed to settle for $1.5 million a lawsuit arising from the attempted suicide of a 21-year-old prisoner who was left permanently disabled. Though the plaintiff was known to be suicidal, prison …
Texas Suicide Suit Alleging Medical Malpractice Settles For $288,130 by On June 23, 1993, a lawsuit arising from the suicide death of a prisoner in the Jefferson County (Texas) Detention Center settled for $288,130. The suit had alleged that STAT Care, the jail's contract medical provider, failed to properly screen …
$250,500 Verdict in Illinois Retaliation Claim by In February 1988, James Fergueson was a prisoner at Illinois' Menard Correctional Center when he had an argument with Mary Flannigan, the director of the Menard Psychiatric Center. Fergueson was upset that he had been transferred to Graham Corrections Center and back to …
Class of Disabled Children Certified to Avoid Mootness by Children with psychiatric disabilities challenged the failure to place them timely in a Residential Treatment Facility and sought class certification. The court certifies the class. Numerosity is presumed at a level of 40 members, and it is undisputed that the class …
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