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Fifth Circuit Revives Suit Against Texas Jailers Who Tasered Detainee Suffering Epileptic Seizure by Douglas Ankney On July 18, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to jailers who tasered a detainee suffering an epileptic seizure at the Pasadena …
West Virginia High Court Decides Medical Practice Liability Act Not Applicable to Prison System by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia held that the Medical Professional Liability Act (MPLA), W. Va. Code §§ 55-7B-1 to 12, does not apply …
“Fuck Him, He Can Freeze”: Pennsylvania Detainee’s Death Detailed in Suit Against PrimeCare by A wrongful termination suit filed against jail healthcare profiteer PrimeCare Medical, Inc. on May 23, 2023, brought disturbing details to light in the death five months earlier of an elderly detainee at Pennsylvania’s Dauphin County Prison …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Eleventh Circuit Revives Claim Against NaphCare for Wrongful Death of Atlanta Jail Detainee by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney “This appeal arises from the tragic death of Antonio May,” began the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on June 7, 2023. As longtime PLN readers …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Proposed Law Targets Medical Neglect in Federal Prisons by After his release from federal prison, doctors told Jeffrey Ramirez, 41, that there were no more options for treating his cancer that had been diagnosed—but belatedly treated—while he was still in custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). So he …
Tennessee Extends CoreCivic Contract Despite Deaths, Almost $18 Million in Fines by In a three-minute meeting on May 31, 2023, the State Building Commission of Tennessee approved a request from the Department of Correction (DOC) for budget revision, funding, and amendment to the existing CoreCivic contract to operate South Central …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
NaphCare Nurse Faces Liability in Ohio Detainee’s Death from Sickle Cell Disease by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 1, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the grant of summary judgment to a NaphCare nurse accused of deliberate indifference to a pretrial detainee’s …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
North Carolina Prisoner Recovers $500 for Injuries in Shower Slip and Fall by On December 7, 2022, North Carolina prisoner Vinson Shane Hill prevailed in a negligence tort claim he filed with the state Industrial Commission (NCIC) over an injury he suffered while incarcerated at Scotland Correctional Institution in July …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
$12,000 Paid to California Prisoner Denied Back Surgery Despite Doctor’s Recommendation by On August 25, 2022, a California prisoner told the federal court for the Eastern District of California that he had reached an agreement with the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to settle a suit he filed …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
While Federal Prisoners Died of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, BOP Staff Used Up Vaccine Allotment on Themselves by On May 23, 2023, the health, medicine and life sciences journal STAT released a scathing report detailing the shabby care prisoners received early in the COVID-19 pandemic at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) …
Nine Memphis Jailers Indicted in Death of Psychotic Detainee by On September 20, 2023, Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner announced that nine of his deputies had been indicted in the death of Gershun Freeman, a 33-year-old Black man who died in custody at the Memphis lockup during a psychotic episode …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Seven Deaths in Seven Months at Dayton Jail by Though its population is relatively small, with just over 600 detainees, Ohio’s Montgomery County Jail lost seven of them in the first seven months of 2023. That’s more jail deaths than the combined total in the state’s five most populous counties. …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
$1.05 Million Settlement for Oklahoma Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Appendix Rupture by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 23, 2023, the Oklahoma Legislature approved a $1.05 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit stemming from the preventable death of a state prisoner. The settlement followed an order by the …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
After Spate of Deaths, Vermont Contracts Prisoner Healthcare to Wellpath – Again by Vermont’s Department of Corrections (DOC) announced in April 2023 that Wellpath LLC would replace VitalCore Health Strategies to provide healthcare in state prisons. Wellpath corporate predecessor Correct Care Solutions (CCS) held the contract from 2010 to 2015. …
Brief • November 15, 2023
Cooper v. Clancy, NY, Verdict, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 9:19-cv-00362-AMN-ML Document 226 Filed 11/15/23 Page 1 of 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK TRACY YVONNE COOPER, as Administrator, of the Estate of TERRY L. COOPER, JR., 9: 19-cv-362 (AMN/ML) Plaintiff, V. PATRICKM. CLANCY, STEVEN W. WOOD, …
First Report and Recommendations on 2023 Deaths in New York City Department of Correction Custody, Nov. 2023 BOARD OF CORRECTION CITY OF NEW YORK First Report and Recommendations on 2023 Deaths in New York City Department of Correction Custody1 November 9, 2023 Authored by Deputy General Counsel Melissa Cintrón Hernández, …
Brief • November 6, 2023
Estate of Alan R. Thibodeau v. Southern Health Partners, SC, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Malpractice, 2023 COUNTY OF BAMBERG ) ) ) EDWIN THIBODEAU, As Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF ALAN RONALD THIBODEAU, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL ACTION 2023-NI-05-__________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Brief • October 26, 2023
Estate of Alan R. Thibodeau v. Bamberg County, SC, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Malpractice, 2023 COUNTY OF BAMBERG ) ) ) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL ACTION 2023-CP-05-_______ EDWIN THIBODEAU, As Personal ) Representative of the ESTATE OF ALAN ) R. THIBODEAU, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) …
Brief • October 17, 2023
Estate of Lagrotteria v. Allegheny County, PA, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Inadequate Medical Care, 2023 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JEFFREY LAGROTTERIA, as Administrator Pendente Lite of the Estate of ANTHONY G. TALOTTA, Plaintiff, v. ALLEGHENY COUNTY, ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK, WILSON BERNALES, DONALD W. STECHSCHULTE, …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Report Finds Prison a Factor in Falling U.S. Life Expectancy by According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average U.S. life expectancy fell in both 2021 and 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic was generally blamed; however, a compendium of research published by the Kaiser Foundation’s KFF Health …
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