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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. …
Grand Jury Report, Four Nebraska Jail Guards Indicted in Prisoner’s Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Finding there was probable cause that four guards at Nebraska’s Omaha Police Detention Unit (OPDU) failed to render medical care to a prisoner which contributed to his death, a Douglas County grand …
Article • July 15, 2008 • from PLN July, 2008
$150,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by Pennsylvania’s Luzerne County Correctional Facility (LCCF) has agreed to pay the family of a prisoner who committed suicide $150,000. The family contended LCCF was deliberatively indifferent to the risk that prisoner Luke Blumer, 19, posed to himself. Blumer was known to be …
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 …
Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008
$700,000 Settlement in Minnesota Teen’s Wrongful Death Caused by Jail’s Indifference to Head Infection by Shortly after his arrest and booking into Minnesota’s Mille Lacs County Jail, 18-year-old Brandon Brown began Complaining of excruciating head pain. The result of jail personnel’s failure to treat him caused his death and a …
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 …
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 …
No Qualified Immunity for Jail Guard Who Ignored Suicidal Prisoner Tying Noose Around Neck by The decedent hanged himself after being arrested for irrational behavior under the influence of drugs. His mother, a Ph.D. clinical psychologist, said two months later that he was not suicidal when she spoke with him …
Warden May Be Liable for Suicide for Lack of Mental Health Staffing by The plaintiff was sentenced to 60 days for possession of Valium in the third degree. After six days in jail he drank cleaning fluid, which was viewed by staff as a suicide attempt despite his claim he …
No Liability for Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by No Liability for Jail Prisoner's Suicide The decedent, diagnosed as schizophrenic, was arrested on outstanding warrants. Jail personnel were notified that he was an escape risk and he was placed in a suicide watch cell. The officer on duty the next day was …
Chicago Jail Not Liable for Suicide Despite Cell Design by The decedent hanged himself in a police lockup. All the relevant procedures (thorough screening, training of personnel, checking of cells every 15 minutes, removal of obviously dangerous object) were followed. The existence of horizontal bars (from one of which the …
Brief • April 27, 2008
Battle v. Corrections Corp. of America et al, TN, Settlement Agreement, inmate death medical, 2008 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0148 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0149 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0150 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0151 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0152 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0153 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0154 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0155
Administrative Errors and Poor PHS Medical Care Precede Chronically Ill Vermont Prisoner's Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Report by the Vermont Protection and Advocacy System (VP & A) has found breakdowns by staff of the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) in its furlough procedure and troubling …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Drug-Resistant Staph Infection (MRSA) Deaths Nationwide Now Exceed Those From AIDS; Prison Connection Ignored by John Dannenberg by John R. Dannenberg The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reported that nationwide, more deaths in the United States are now resulting from drug resistant invasive MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) …
Federal Healthcare Receiver Investigates Out-of-State Deaths of Transferred California Prisoners, but Does His Authority Follow Them? by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The federal court-appointed Receiver for California?s prison healthcare system is investigating the deaths of four prisoners who were transferred to out-of-state facilities, but stopped short of declaring …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
$1,000,000 Settlement in Heroin Addict’s Death at Chicago, Illinois, Jail by $1,000,000 Settlement in Heroin Addict's Death at Chicago, Illinois, Jail On April 18, 2007, Cook County, Illinois, and the Cook County Jail agreed to pay a combined $1,000,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging wrongful death of a female heroin …
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