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Centurion’s $8 Million Track Record of Abuse and Neglect as New Mexico’s Correctional Medical Provider by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford The New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) has long outsourced its constitutional obligation to provide prisoners adequate medical care to private, for-profit corporations with little incentive to do so. Before …
BOP Settles Muslim Prisoner’s Religious Discrimination and Medical Denial Claims at Colorado Supermax by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 26, 2024, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) entered into the last of multiple settlement agreements with a Muslim prisoner who accused the prison agency of failing to …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
In Failure-to-Treat Claims, Wellpath Denied Dismissal in Virginia, Settles in Pennsylvania by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 11, 2024, private prison and jail healthcare contractor Wellpath LLC filed for bankruptcy protection from debtors collectively owed $544 million, casting doubt on its ability to continue in business, much …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Trends Show Mortality Risks Increase with Higher Jail Turnover Rates by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Thousands of people die in local jails annually. The causes of death vary, leading researchers to seek identifiable trends. A report published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on December 19, 2023, …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Alabama Jail Accused of Granting Detainee’s Medical Bond Just Before Death to Avoid Costly Medical Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Alabama’s Dallas County Jail (DCJ) has a “scheme” of releasing very ill detainees to avoid the cost of their medical care. That explosive allegation lay at the …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Ninth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for California Jail Nurse Who Cleared Detainee for Release Just Before His Suicide by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On May 3, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to Los Angeles County Jail nurse Trieste …
Wellpath Sanctioned for Destroying Evidence in Two Oregon Jail Death Suits by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 30, 2024, the federal court for the District of Oregon sanctioned private prison and jail medical contractor Wellpath, LLC for destroying evidence in a suit filed over a detainee death …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Maryland and Wexford Health Pay $200,000 to Prisoner Denied Care and Partially Blinded by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney As PLN readers know, medical care in America’s prisons and jails is horrific even by the low standard courts have set to determine what is constitutionally sufficient. In yet another case, …
Third Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity for Pennsylvania Guards Who Pepper-Sprayed Asthmatic Prisoner by On April 11, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a grant of qualified immunity (QI) to Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) guards at the State Correctional Institution in Benner, who doused an …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Florida Prisoners Exposed to Cancer-Causing Chemicals by When Florida lawmakers approved a $116.5 billion annual state budget on March 8, 2024, it included $3.5 million for a new Alachua County water pipeline that is critical to the health and safety of state prisoners confined at Lowell Correctional Institution and the …
Public Defender Files Habeas Petitions for Detainees at “Horrific” Baltimore Lockup by On May 17, 2024, the Maryland Office of the Public Defender (OPD) filed 11 habeas petitions for detainees awaiting trial at the state’s Reception Diagnostic and Classification Center in Baltimore after they reported raw sewage overflowing from unflushable …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Identities Stolen From Virginia Jail Detainees For $341,205 COVID-19 Fraud by As of October 3, 2024, guilty pleas had been entered for all but one of 17 people indicted for defrauding the federal government of COVID-­19 benefits. In all, the group received $341,205 in benefits to which they were not …
Brief • October 30, 2024
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Green v. Anoka County, MN, Complaint, Inadequate Medical Treatment, 2024 CASE 0:24-cv-01250-JRT-DLM Doc. 49 Filed 10/30/24 Page 1 of 108 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Deyonta D. Green, Case No. 24-cv-1250 (JRT/DLM) Plaintiff, v. FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT Anoka County, et al, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, JURY TRIAL DEMANDED …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Filed under: Private Contractors
Maryland Extends Contract with YesCare Despite Bankruptcy of Predecessor Corizon Health by For-profit prison healthcare contractor Corizon Health had a sordid reputation even before it attempted a legal maneuver known as the “Texas Two-Step,” using that state’s laws to put its valuable assets in a new company called YesCare and …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Ninth Circuit Provides Cover to Oregon Governor for Prioritizing Guards Over Prisoners for COVID-19 Vaccine by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled against a class of Oregon prisoners suing over the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal court …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Colorado Prisoner Forces Correctional Health Partners to Treat His Colon Disease by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney After winning a temporary restraining order (TRO) directing the medical contractor for the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) to treat his colon disease, state prisoner Arthur Burnham’s location was unknown on September 10, …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Advanced Correctional Healthcare Ends Two Suits Over Deaths at Ohio Jail by Private jail medical providers usually win contracts with promises to save a county money. But after two federal lawsuits filed in federal court for the Northern District of Ohio in 2023 against Ohio’s Richland County and its privately …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
$1.8 Million Jury Award for San Diego Jail Overdose Death by Matthew Clarke On April 25, 2024, a federal jury in Southern California awarded $1.8 million to the Estate of a detainee who died of a methamphetamine overdose while incarcerated at the San Diego Central Jail. The verdict was preceded …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Turn Key Health Clinics: Another Private Jail Medical Provider Leaving a Trail of Death and Misery by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Jails face a monumental task in the provision of medical care. Those who’ve just been arrested are often experiencing withdrawal from drugs or alcohol. Other pre-existing medical …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
$3.4 Million Settlement for Nevada Prisoner After ‘Wait and See’ Medical Care Became ‘Deny and Delay’ by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 21, 2024, the Nevada Board of Examiners (BOE)—a three-­member panel composed of Gov. Joe Lombardo (R), Attorney General Aaron Ford (D) and Secretary of State …
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