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Doctor Granted Qualified Immunity in Texas Prisoner's Suicide by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held a psychiatrist at the Coffield Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections is entitled to qualified immunity in the suicide death of a prisoner. The prisoner had a history of psychological problems and was …
Negligence Claim Stated in Florida Jail Prisoner's Suicide by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal has upheld a Florida district court's grant of judgment as a matter of law on a claim of deliberate indifference to medical needs and a state tort claim of negligent supervision, training, and management in …
Prisoner Prevailing Party, Awarded Attorney Fees by A mental patient imprisoned at a treatment center run by the Massachusetts DOC brought a § 1983 action alleging constitutional violations relating to, among other things, inadequate telephone privileges, right to unopened privileged mail and right to treatment. A Superior Court issued an …
PLRA: Exhaustion Of Nonexistent Administrative Remedies Not Required by The United States District Court for the District of Colorado held that class certification for prisoners suing a county jail for unconstitutional mental health care was inappropriate, and that the prisoners were not required to exhaust administrative remedies pursuant to the …
WI Mental Health Records Ordered Disclosed by The plaintiff, a Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) organization, sought records from a private mental health facility about two patients who choked to death on food. The facility didn't want to produce them. Notwithstanding defendants' claim that the question …
Article • May 15, 2007
$3,115,000 Settlement in Negligent Release of Paranoid Schizophrenic Prisoner by After being arrested by California's Glendale City police, the 36 year-old chronic paranoid schizophrenic in this case was taken to the LA County Jail. Glendale police had an official written policy that they will not hospitalize mentally ill persons arrested …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prison Psychologist Not Liable for Failing to Treat Suicidal, Feces Eating Prisoner by Prison Psychologist Not Liable for Failing to Treat Suicidal, Feces Eating Prisoner The plaintiff sued a prison psychologist. The defendant did not argue that the plaintiff did not have a serious mental illness. A legitimate risk of …
Qualified Immunity for Mental Hospital Officials Holding Patient in Segregation by The plaintiff was found not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering and mutilating his girlfriend. He was ordered to be admitted to a hospital for evaluation, but he wasn't for a long time because officials deemed him dangerous …
Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007
California-Based Mental Health Systems, Inc.Fails 23 Audits by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg San Diego, California-based nonprofit addict-counseling firm Mental Health Systems, Inc. (MHS) may have been making a profit on its annual revenues of $65 million, after all. In May 2006, the San Diego County Health and Human …
Many U.S. Prisoners Mentally Ill, Few Receive Treatment by Michael Rigby Nearly half of the nation?s 2.3 million prisoners suffer from some sort of mental disorder, according to a report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released in September 2006. Yet fewer than a third of those receive any …
California DOC Ordered to Comply with Overdue Suicide Prevention Measures by Marvin Mentor On February 13, 2006, The U.S. District Court (E.D. Cal.) entered a remedial Stipulation and Order to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to force CDCR to implement the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) policy that the …
The Warehousing of New Hampshire’s Mentally Ill by David Reutter The Warehousing of New Hampshire's Mentally Ill by David M. Reutter Despite over 30 years of litigation, mentally ill prisoners at the New Hampshire State Prison (NHSP) are still not receiving care to treat their conditions. In fact, with NHSP …
Federal Court Compels Activation of California DOC Mental Health Crisis Beds; Approves New $111 Million Mental Care Hospital by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg California?s 16-year-old prisoner mental health federal lawsuit (originally, Coleman v. Wilson) was given new and urgently needed life on May 2, 2006 when a frustrated …
New York’s Governor Vetoes New Treatment Facilities For Mentally Ill Prisoners by John Dannenberg New York's Governor Vetoes New Treatment Facilities For Mentally Ill Prisoners by John E. Dannenberg Prior to leaving office, on August 16, 2006, then New York Governor George Pataki (R)vetoed Assembly Bill No. 3926-A, which would …
Wisconsin Prison Psychiatrists License Suspended After Prisoners Death by Gary Hunter Wisconsin Prison Psychiatrists License Suspended After Prisoners Death by Gary Hunter Yoges Pareek, had his medical license suspended by the Wisconsin Examining Board in October 2005. Pareek is a former psychiatrist at the Waupun Correctional Institution (WCT). He was …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Mentally Ill Arkansas Prisoners Removed From Supermax, CMS Contract Renewed by Michael Rigby On April 21, 2006, the Arkansas Board of Corrections approved a new policy designed to keep mentally ill prisoners out of sensory-deprived environments like the Varner Supermax Unit in Lincoln County. The Board also renewed the prison …
PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Prison Health Services (PHS), a subsidiary of America Service Group, Inc. (ASG), continues to face lawsuits and lose contracts for its deplorable record of prisoner health care gaffes in a …
Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David Reutter Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David M. Reutter When first created in 1999, Florida's Civil Commitment Center (FCCC) was hyped as a place to house sexually violent predators for protection of the public while providing …
Board of Commissioners Clears PHS In Three Leon County (Florida) Jail Deaths by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg After three jail deaths between May 2003 and October 2004, the Leon County Board of Commissioners met to consider the Sheriff's reports on the three deaths and any implications regarding the …
Nebraskas County Jails Neglect Mentally Disabled by Gary Hunter Nebraskas County Jails Neglect Mentally Disabled by Gary Hunter Nebraskas American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has revealed major problems in the state's county jails. Prisoners with physical handicaps, chronic illnesses and mental disabilities receive little or no healthcare in a state …
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