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Cornell Company - The Prison Industry's Enron by Gary Hunter It was not an earthshaking day when Cornell Corrections was founded in 1991. It was more like a pebble plummeting over a cliff, leading to a landslide of greed and corruption. Backed by Dillon Read Venture Capital, David Cornell's callous …
$40.1 Million Verdict Against CSC in Texas Prisoner's Medical Neglect Death by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A Tarrant County, Texas jury awarded $35 million for negligence in the death of a boot camp prisoner, plus $5.1 million in punitive damages, against Florida-based Correctional Services Corp. (CSC) and …
$900,000 Settlement in California Alcoholic's Jail Death From "DTs" by The County of San Joaquin agreed to pay $550,000, and the City of Lodi, California, $350,000, in a March, 2003 settlement of the 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint by the surviving children of a 31 year-old detainee with a long …
Prisoners and Guards Charged With Murder as Drugs and Brutality Plague State Prisons by Vermont: Four prisoners died in the custody of the Vermont Department of Corrections during a five week period between April and May 2003. Only one died of natural causes. [Editor's Note: PLN contributing writer James Quigley …
$850,000 Settlement in LA County Jail Failure to Medicate Wrongful Death by The County of Los Angeles (LA), California settled a wrongful death claim on March 14, 2003 brought by the wife of an LA County Jail prisoner who died 2 ½ days after incarceration in August, 1999 because he …
Death at North Carolina Lock Up Spotlights Troubled Jail System by Michael Rigby Death At North Carolina Lock Up Spotlights Troubled Jail System by Michael Rigby The death of Christopher Lee Wood at North Carolina's Cherokee County jail has served to illuminate a sordid history of prisoner abuse, FBI investigations …
Santa Fe Guards Rape Prisoners, Neglect Kills Another by Gary Hunter Two female prisoners were raped by Santa Fe jail guards within a ninety-day period. Santa Fe guards have been implicated in at least eight sexual assaults since 1999. Two of the victims were-minors. In April 2003, John Robertson, 39, …
Supreme Court Upholds Federal Tolling Statute; $80,000 Verdict Reinstated by Reversing the Supreme Court of South Carolina, the United States Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, held that 28 U.S.C. § 1367(d) is constitutional. The decision reinstates a judgment against a South Carolina county jail in a wrongful death claim. …
PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues by by John E. Dannenberg Prison Health Services (PHS), a subsidiary of America Service Group, Inc. (ASG), continues to face lawsuits and lose contracts for its deplorable record of prisoner health care gaffes in a dozen states. …
Bad Medicine, No Oversight, Total Secrecy: ACLU Reports on VA DOC Medical Care by Bad Medicine, No Oversight, Total Secrecy: ACLU Reports on Virginia DOC Prisoner Medical Care by Matthew T. Clarke In May 2003, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia issued a report on the status of …
Article • December 15, 2003
Deadly Drug-Resistant Staph in Prisons Throughout USA by by Matthew T. Clarke A deadly outbreak of drug resistant staph (MRSA) is occurring at prisons throughout the country. It is often misdiagnosed as a spider bite or non-resistant staph, delaying treatment until it is too late. This has already lead to …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
Oklahoma Jail Pays $385,000 Settlement in Baby's Death by Oklahoma Jail Pays $385,000 Settlement in Baby's Death On December 11, 2002, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma agreed to settle a medical neglect suit by paying $385,000 to Deborah Smith, 31, a former prisoner in the Oklahoma county jail. While imprisoned in the …
The Deadly Health Services of Naphcare in Alabama by Lonnie Burton It is often said that you can tell a lot about a society by checking the condition of its prisons. Based on the way prisoners in Alabama are treated (or, more accurately stated, not treated), citizens of that state …
Temporary Injunction Issued in Alabama Suit by On June 26, 2003, the parties in Baker v. Campbell agreed to the entry of a temporary preliminary injunction which, among other things, provides for "immediate" and "adequate" medical care for Alabama prisoners with serious illnesses. The "Preliminary Injunction Settlement Agreement" stems from …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
$500,000 Settlement in Connecticut Suicide by On April 14, 2003, the family of a prisoner who committed suicide in 1996 while in a Connecticut prison settled with the state for $500,000. William Dumais, 19, was imprisoned in the Corrigan Correctional Institution in Uncasville from December 1995 to February 1996 on …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Family Awarded $229,000 Against CMS in Illinois Hepatitis C Jail Death by A jury has awarded the family of a prisoner who died while in the Kane County Illinois Jail $229,500. On May 16, 2002, after 92 hours of deliberation, the jury returned a verdict against Correctional Medical Services of …
Georgia Jury Awards $325,000 to Prisoner's Widow in Legal Malpractice Case by Georgia Jury Awards $325,000 to Prisoner's Widow In Legal Malpractice Case On July 13, 2002, a Carroll Counrty, Georgia, jury awarded $325,000 to the widow of a prisoner who allegedly died due to medical malpractice and neglect. The …
Article • August 15, 2003 • from PLN August, 2003
Sadistic New Jersey Prison Doctor's License Revoked Amid Allegations of Neglect, Malpractice by Lonnie Burton On November 13, 2002, the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners revoked the license of Dr. John J. Napoleon following the most recent allegations that he was grossly negligent in the treatment of nine patients …
Director Out at Scandal-Plagued Washington State Jail by Lonnie Burton Amid numerous scandals and investigations into wrongdoing and prisoner mistreatment by staff, the director of the Snohomish County jail in Everett, WA was relieved of her duties in mid-April 2003. Corrections department director Andrea Bynum was fired due to her …
North Carolina Juvenile Prisons Plagued by Physical, Sexual Abuse, and Medical Neglect by Lonnie Burton North Carolina Juvenile Prisons Plagued by Physical, Sexual Abuse, and Medical Neglect by Lonnie Burton After four separate lawsuits were filed by prisoners serving sentences at two North Carolina juvenile facilities alleging a wide range …
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