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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 …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Private Prisons Hold Almost 100,000 Prisoners, 8% of Total U.S. Prison Population by According to a report published by The Sentencing Project on June 15, 2023, the federal government and 27 states incarcerated 96,370 people in private prisons in 2021, amounting to 8% of America’s prison population. Private prisons are …
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
Wexford Handbook Warns That Illinois Prisoners “Can Be Very Manipulative” by A “Provider Handbook” for “Physicians, Psychiatrists, Dentists, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants” employed in Illinois state prisons by Wexford Health Sources warns that “[i]nmates can be very manipulative,” so healthcare workers are advised to “[n]ever take anything from or …
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
$100,000 Settlement Reached With Corizon Health for Failure to Provide Arizona Prisoner Eye Care by On July 25, 2022, a settlement was reached between Corizon Health, Inc. and an Arizona prisoner to whom it allegedly denied eye care, resulting in partial vision loss. Under the agreement, the firm owes $100,000 …
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 …
Brief • November 17, 2023
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Robinson v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Amended Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2023 [\]^_`abbcdecffghicjklcm[n___jodpq^rs_ht___uvw^x_``ỳgybz___{\|^_`_o}_z~ Centurion 002852 013456103578393587083 0 3 6 3 3457083 0 3 1550 1K!HL!MNO#M< !"#$% *+,-./-00< 85 17951757 &'9013917 $HPC!OM$M!!H$POM1QRH1QPR$1!HM 75917 (6 )3 09' HLSHTO$M<QQ$USRSRH1QPR *!M H##OM1Q#<O$UK1VOK1NQM#WO< #H$!HP1!%M $M!!H$POM#<-.>-7-.2--2B,+,.2 00--,+,A,-/-47UM!OM#P!1K M!K<NC!H1C $ROH <-.>-7-.2--2B,+,.200--,+,A,-/-47U#PHVH S1K!OK<X!OHV1$HM …
Tennessee Private Prison Gets State’s First LGBTQ+ Group by As reported in Filter Magazine on July 26, 2023, Tennessee&rsquo;s South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF) has become the birthplace of &ldquo;Be the Change&rdquo; (BTC), the first known openly LGBTQ+ community in any of the state&rsquo;s 14 prisons. A private medium-security prison …
CoreCivic Fails to Defeat California’s Anti-SLAPP Law at Ninth Circuit, Must Pay $45,630 in Attorney Fees by In November 2022 the federal court for the Northern District of California shot down a suit by private prison giant CoreCivic which sought to weaponize anti-defamation law against one of the company&rsquo;s more …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Wexford Faces Liability for Indiana Prisoner’s Delayed Specialist Referral by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 3, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana only partly granted a motion for summary judgment filed by prison medical profiteer Wexford Health Sources, Inc. and its employees …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
JPay Denied Motion to Compel Arbitration in Suit Over Debit Release Cards by On March 1, 2023, prison financial services profiteer JPay hit a legal wall in a challenge to fee-laden debit cards issued to prisoners on release. As PLN has reported, former California state prisoner Adam Cain &mdash; represented …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Naphcare’s Lack of Care Leads to $26.75 Million Verdict for Washington Jail Death by &ldquo;The jury sent a strong message that Naphcare&rsquo;s conduct was completely unacceptable,&rdquo; said attorney Edwin Budge of the Seattle law firm of Budge &amp; Heipt, PLLC. He was responding to a federal jury&rsquo;s July 2022 award …
Sixth Circuit Revives Blind Tennessee Prisoner’s Suit Against DOC and CoreCivic by On March 22, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit revived a suit filed five years earlier by a Tennessee prisoner who is legally blind. In his March 2018 complaint, Corey Tarvin accused the state …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
No Summary Judgment for Private Transportation Company in Maryland Detainee’s Suit Alleging “Horrific” 2,000-Mile Journey by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Over nine days in December 2015, during transport from Maryland to South Carolina to face charges he skipped child support payments, William Karn endured a grueling trek stretching more …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Insider Trading Charges Dropped Against JPay Founder by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 5, 2022, federal prosecutors moved to dismiss insider trading charges against JPay founder Ryan Shapiro, 45. For a hefty fee, the firm provides financial and communications services to people incarcerated in jail and prisons. JPay …
Brief • August 17, 2023
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Lucero v. CoreCivic, Inc., et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2023 Centurion 003073 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGRE EMEN T THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Agree ment") 1s executed this fl_ day of JL\{} -1.. r>\ 2023, by Leonardo Lucero , a single person. RECITALS A. …
Brief • August 17, 2023
Grano v. Penitentiary of New Mexico, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2023 Centurion 003004 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") executed this ~"1Jay of ,\,,.,,., \-: 1s 2023, by Marc Grano, as personal representative of the Wrongful Death Estate …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Corizon Bankruptcy Stalls Suit By Alleged Rape Victims of Rikers Island Guard by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A group of women who claimed they were raped by a physician&rsquo;s assistant at New York City&rsquo;s Rikers Island jail complex has now been screwed two more times. First, prosecutors apparently bungled …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Corizon Executes “Texas Two-Step,” Spinning Off Debt Into Bankrupt New Firm to Avoid Paying Creditors and Lawsuit Winners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Corizon Heath, Inc. has engaged in legal maneuvers over the course of the past year that are intended to limit how much it must pay on …
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