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Cheaper than Chimpanzees: Expanding the Use of Prisoners in Medical Experiments by Greg Dober by Gregory Dober "It is the duty of the doctor to remain the protector of the life and health of that person on whom clinical research is being carried out." Declaration of Helsinki In June 2006, …
Factor 8: the Arkansas Prison Blood Mining Scandal Movie review and Director Interview by Brandon Eng Filmmaker Kelly Duda’s first documentary, Factor 8: the Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal, chronicles the decades of abuse towards prisoners and patients from blood mining in search of profits. Traveling back to his home state …
Article • December 15, 2007
Disclosure of HIV-Status is Constitutional and Tort Claim in Wisconsin by On August 29, 1991, a Wisconsin court of appeals held that a trial court should not have granted jail officials' motion for summary judgment on a prisoner's Constitutional- and tort-based claims for publicizing his HIV status. Roger M. Hillman, …
Article • December 15, 2007
Intent--Not Ability--To Transmit HIV Matters in Attempted Murder Trial by On October 31, 1991, an Indiana court of appeals held that the intent of a person who was resisting police to transmit HIV determined whether he was guilty of attempted murder, not his actual ability to transmit the virus. Donald …
Denying Work Release to HIV Positive Amputee May Violate ADA by The plaintiff alleged that he was denied access to shock incarceration because he is an HIV-positive amputee, and was also repeatedly denied work release. He also claimed that he was deprived of his personal wheelchair, after having it in …
Article • December 15, 2007
Beating by Kentucky Jail Guards Results in $1,150,000 Jury Verdict by A federal jury awarded a Kentucky man $1,150,000 for a beating during arrest. Mr. Sosa, a Hispanic man suffering from AIDS, was arrested and charged with public intoxication. While confined in the jail, Sosa was kicked, handcuffed to a …
Dallas County Jail Deficient, Says 2006 Report; DOJ Files Suit by Gary Hunter Just over two years ago, the jail in Dallas County, Texas (DCJ) failed state certification inspections and came under fire for numerous high profile cases of prisoner deaths and neglect. A U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) report, …
Brief • November 2, 2007
Sauve v. Lamberti, FL, Complaint, denial of HIV medication jail, 2008 Case 0:07-cv-61575-WPD Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/02/2007 Page 1 of 15 Case 0:07-cv-61575-WPD Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/02/2007 Page 2 of 15 Case 0:07-cv-61575-WPD Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/02/2007 Page 3 of 15 …
Brief • November 1, 2007
Hardwick v. Lamberti, FL, Complaint, denial of HIV medication jail, 2008 Case 0:07-cv-61296-ASG Document 22 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/01/2007 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 07-61296-CIV-GOLD/TURNOFF RICHARD HARDWICK, Plaintiff, v. AL LAMBERTI, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Broward County, …
Prison A Major Factor In Spreading AIDS by Gary Hunter A recent study entitled African Americans, Health Disparities and HIV/AIDS has directly linked incarceration to the spread of AIDS in minority communities. Robert Fullilove ED.D., of Columbia University authored the study which was released on December 1, 2006 to coincide …
Prisons as Incubators and Spreaders of Disease and Illness by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg America’s lockups are turning from prisoner dumping grounds into infectious disease breeding grounds. Isolation is intended to be the punishment inflicted by society upon prisoners. But concentrating prisoners in the process of isolating them, …
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 • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007
Prison Skin-Art Pared From Canadian Budget by Gary Hunter An innovative plan to prevent the spread of communicable diseases in Canadian prisons has been axed by Canada?s Conservative government. In 2005, $350,000 in startup funds plus $600,000 for operating costs were allocated to implement a safe-tattoo program in six federal …
Brief • June 19, 2007
Inmates with HIV v. Pataki, NY, Protective Order - Medical Records, 2007 Case 9:90-cv-00252-GLS-DEP Document 348 Filed 06/19/07 Page 1 of 5 Case 9:90-cv-00252-GLS-DEP Document 348 Filed 06/19/07 Page 2 of 5 Case 9:90-cv-00252-GLS-DEP Document 348 Filed 06/19/07 Page 3 of 5 Case 9:90-cv-00252-GLS-DEP Document 348 Filed 06/19/07 Page 4 …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS, STDs
Human Rights Watch Urges Access to Condoms in U.S. Prisons and Jails by by Megan McLemore Incarcerated individuals bear a disproportionate burden of infectious diseases, including Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV), and HIV/AIDS. The HIV prevalence in state and federal prisons is more than 3 times higher …
Article • May 15, 2007
Denial of AIDS Cocktail: Actionable in Tacoma Jail Suit by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that officials at the Pierce County Jail in Washington State are not entitled to qualified immunity for their failure to provide a pre-trial detainee an AIDS "cocktail" promptly upon booking. The detainee was …
Article • May 15, 2007
Involuntarily Transferring Prisoner to HIV Dormitory Violates Right to Privacy by A New York federal district court held that prison officials cannot involuntarily transfer a prisoner who had tested positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) to a separate dormitory. This class action suit was filed by a New York prisoner …
New York: Prisoner Raped In County Jail Awarded $250,000 by On September 24, 1997, a man who was raped while imprisoned in the Oneida County (New York) Jail settled his lawsuit against the county and the Utica City Police Department for $250,000. Plaintiff, an 18-year-old male, was imprisoned in the …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prisoner Fails To Show Retaliation, Deliberate Indifference by The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida entered summary judgment against a prisoner's § 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference and retaliation by a prison nurse practitioner (N.P.). Walter Pate, a Florida state prisoner, was diagnosed as having HIV, …
Article • May 15, 2007
New York AIDS Patient Jailed in Unsanitary Conditions Wins $1,300,000 by The Plaintiff, a 39-year-old man identified only as Jewell, was arrested by New York City police after a dispute with a tow truck driver in July of 1993. He was placed in a cell where he was exposed to …
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