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CMS Contract Woes Persist in New Jersey, Arizona and Delaware by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Deficiencies in medical care and failure to comply with contractual obligations have resulted in the termination of two contracts for Correctional Medical Services (CMS). The contracts were worth a total of $95 million …
$2,925,000 in Recent Settlements Involving Maricopa County and Sheriff Joe Arpaio by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The most recent developments in a thirty-year history of abuse and medical neglect of prisoners by Arizona’s Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) include three lawsuits in which the county paid almost $3 million …
$3.6 Million Settlement in Michigan Prisoner’s Segregation Cell Death by The family of Timothy Souders has agreed to accept $3.25 to settle a wrongful death claim relating to Timothy’s death. Timothy, 21, was the subject of a May 2007 PLN cover article, and a February 11, 2007, report on 60 …
Florida’s Juvenile Death Camps: A Painful Past Revisited by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Recent coverage of long-past abuses at Florida juvenile facilities has put a spotlight on the treatment of juvenile offenders. Reports by the Miami Herald and CNN have revealed that Florida youth facilities have been cruel …
$678,505.67 Settlement After Federal Prisoner Dies From Misdiagnosed Cancer by Illinois State resident and executor of her deceased husband's estate, Mary Norton, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1996. She claimed that her husband James Norton, died due to negligence and medical malpractice. The court awarded …
$1.8 Million Award After Illinois Federal Prisoner's Suicide; Award Reversed On Appeal by Illinois State resident Karen Johnson brought a federal tort and 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 action against the United States in 1996 after her husband Robert committed suicide in a federal prison. The court awarded her $1.8 million. …
$250,000 Settlement After Federal Prisoner Dies From Undiagnosed Heart Attack by Georgia State resident Janie Federick, administrator of deceased federal prisoner Ronnie Ruff's estate, and Ruff's family, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2002. Federick alleged that a lack of standard medical care proximately resulted in …
$125,000 Settlement In BOP Guard Induced Prisoner's Death by Parents of deceased ex Kentucky federal prisoner, Marcus Dascenzo, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2002 after a guard's failure to treat their son resulted in his death. After the Department of Justice's initial refusal to pay …
Private Prison Companies Not Forthcoming About Immigration Detainee Deaths by Private Prison Companies Not Forthcoming About Immigration Detainee Deaths by Matt Clarke The private prison industry has benefited from a recent influx of contracts from the federal government to incarcerate immigration detainees. Such contracts are more lucrative than those for …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
$400,000 Award in Failure to Protect Connecticut Suicidal Prisoner by $400,000 Award in Failure to Protect Connecticut Suicidal Prisoner A Connecticut judge has awarded a prisoner’s estate $403,164.30, finding the City of Hartford police were liable for the prisoner’s suicide death. At a bench trial, the Court held the arresting …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Alameda County, CA Settles Jail Suicide Suit for $800,000 by Alameda County, CA Settles Jail Suicide Suit for $800,000 Following a mistrial, California’s Alameda County settled a wrongful death claim resulting from a jail detainee’s suicide for over $800,000. The federal lawsuit was brought by the prisoner’s minor children. The …
Los Angeles Sheriff Department Report: Prisoner Lawsuits Slowed, But Payouts Grew by John Dannenberg Los Angeles Sheriff Department Report: Prisoner Lawsuits Slowed, But Payouts Grew by John E. Dannenberg In its July 2008 25th semi-annual report, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) reviewed prisoner litigation against the county in …
Ware v. CCA, TN, Settlement, solitary inmate suicide medical neglect, 2009 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0130 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0131 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0132 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0133 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0134 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0135 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0136 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0137 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0138
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
CMS Fails to Treat MRSA Infection; Florida Jail Prisoner Dies by When Dorothy Dian Palinchik was booked into Florida’s Pinellas County Jail (PCJ) on February 13, 2008 for stealing a $9.00 Philly cheesesteak sandwich from a grocery store, she was seemingly healthy. Two weeks later she died of pneumonia and …
$7 Million in Settlements in Colorado Jail Prisoner’s Death from Medical Negligence by David Reutter $7 Million in Settlements in Colorado Jail Prisoner’s Death from Medical Negligence by David M. Reutter The Denver Health Medical Center has settled a claim of negligent care for $4 million after releasing a prisoner …
Jail Nurse Guilty of Forging Doctor’s Order; Forged Orders Common Jail Practice by Mark Wilson Jail Nurse Guilty of Forging Doctor’s Order; Forged Orders Common Jail Practice by Mark Wilson On August 28, 2008, a Multnomah County, Oregon jury convicted a former jail nurse of forging a drug prescription for …
$1,100,000 Settlement in Juvenile Prisoner Suicide in Union County, New Jersey by $1,100,000 Settlement in Juvenile Prisoner Suicide in Union County, New Jersey On November 15, 2007, Union County settled a lawsuit over the suicide death of a juvenile prisoner at the 42-year-old Union County Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) in …
Rice v. City and County of Denver Co, Order Denying Def Mot for Protective Order, Wrongful Death, 2008 Westlaw Delivery Summary Report for SATAWA,MARK Date/Time of Request: Client Identifier: Database: Citation Text: Lines: Documents: Images: Friday, December 26, 2008 12:51 Eastern TMLOEB DCT Slip Copy 442 1 0 The material …
$2.75 Million Verdict in Dehydrated Michigan Prisoner’s Death by A Michigan federal jury awarded $2.75 million to a prisoner’s estate in a case claiming deliberate indifference to serious medical needs. The prisoner, Jeffrey Clark, was having mental health problems and died due to the effects of dehydration and inhumanely hot …
California DOC Settles Sadistic, Hate-Motivated, Three-Year Starvation Death Of Sikh Prisoner For $1 Million by Marvin Mentor California DOC Settles Sadistic, Hate-Motivated, Three-Year Starvation Death Of Sikh Prisoner For $1 Million by Marvin Mentor The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) settled a lawsuit brought by the survivors of …
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