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Illinois Failing to Grant Dying Prisoners Medical Releases by of dying and medically enfeebled state prisoners were expected to be released when Illinois lawmakers passed the Joe Coleman Medical Release (JCMR) Act. But an investigative report released on August 30, 2023, found that two-thirds of prisoner requests had been denied …
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Wisconsin Prisoner’s ADA Claim for Untreated Knee Injury by Matthew Clarke Matt Clarke On August 25, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reinstated a Wisconsin prisoner’s claim that officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) violated Title II of the Americans with …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
North Carolina Prison Official Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Program Fraud by On August 15, 2023, the Associate Warden for Programs at North Carolina’s Bertie Correctional Institution pleaded guilty to COVID-19 program fraud. The state Department of Adult Correction (DAC) confirmed that Sean Tracy Dillard, 55, admitted scamming the North Carolina …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
After Eight Deaths in Eight Years, Virginia Jail Introduces—Pickleball? by Having recorded eight deaths in eight years, Virginia’s Arlington County Jail was likely desperate for good news when it reported in mid-November 2023 that detainees competed in the lockup’s first pickleball tournament. The densely populated county adjacent to Washington, D.C., …
DOJ Finds ADA Violations in Arizona Prisons, Demands Improvements by On July 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) warned the director of Arizona’s Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (DCRR), Ryan Thornell, that the state prison system systemically discriminated against prisoners with vision-related disabilities. The letter from the …
Four Dead in One Month in San Bernardino County Jails, $3,232,500 in Settlements Paid So Far by Douglas Ankney, Casey Bastian by Douglas Ankney and Casey J. Bastian A spate of jail deaths in California’s San Bernardino County dating back to 2017 has led to at least four legal settlements …
$470,000 Settlement After Texas Jail Nurses Fabricate Vital Signs for Detainee Who Died by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On September 14, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dealt a death blow to claims filed by the estate of a Texas jail detainee against the county …
Seventh Circuit Says Lack of Expert Testimony Dooms Illinois Prisoner’s Medical Neglect Claim by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit offered an Illinois state prisoner a hard lesson on July 27, 2023, affirming dismissal of his medical neglect claim against prison contractor …
Eighth Circuit Affirms $800,000 Award After Arkansas Jail Detainee’s Fatal Appendix Rupture by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On August 24, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed an $800,000 jury award against a contract doctor at an Arkansas jail, in a suit brought on behalf …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Rikers Island Detainees Given Pricey Weight-Loss Surgery but Little Follow-Up Care by From New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex, detainee David Mustiga, 43, was transported to the city’s Bellevue Hospital in February 2023, after a jail medical staffer told him he could trim his 300-pound weight with bariatric surgery. …
$900,000 Settlement Reached With Ohio Jail in Detainee’s Fatal Seizure by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In October 2023, an attorney representing the estate of an Ohio pretrial jail detainee who suffered a fatal seizure after her June 2018 incarceration said the parties had reached a $900,000 settlement agreement. …
Eighth Circuit Remands ADA Claims—But Not Constitutional Claims—of Paralyzed Arkansas Jail Detainee by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 15, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a paraplegic Arkansas jail detainee’s deliberate indifference and conditions of confinement claims, while reviving claims …
Wellpath Held in Contempt in Suit at California Jail by On September 26, 2023, the federal court for the Northern District of California found “clear and convincing evidence” that private for-profit prison and jail healthcare provider Wellpath, Inc., had violated the terms of a settlement agreement in a long-running case …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Filed under: Medication, Pain, Injunctions
New York Prisoners with Chronic Pain Win Injunction to Receive Denied Medication by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 22, 2023, the federal court for Southern District of New York granted a permanent injunction to a class of prisoners held by the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision …
Sick Georgia Prisoners Forced to Choose Between Treatment and Early Release by As reported by The Appeal on September 25, 2023, a Georgia prisoner with Hepatitis C was forced to pass up placement in a work-release program in order to maintain his medical care, which was not available to him …
California Slowed, But Not Barred from “Dumping” Sick, Indigent Parolees on Public Hospitals by On May 26, 2023, California’s Fifth Appellate District Court of Appeals largely agreed with a lower court’s ruling that barred the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and its healthcare arm, California Correctional Health Care …
Filing • February 23, 2024
Greer v. County of San Diego, Brief of Amici Curiae, 20247 Case: 23-55607, 02/23/2024, ID: 12862766, DktEntry: 36, Page 1 of 27 Case No. 23-55607 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ____________________________ COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO Defendant and Appellant, v. FRANKIE GREER Plaintiff, and THE …
Brief • February 23, 2024
Greer v. County of San Diego, CA, Brief of Amici Curiae, Denial of Adequate Medical Care, 2024 Case: 23-55607, 02/23/2024, ID: 12862766, DktEntry: 36, Page 1 of 27 Case No. 23-55607 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ____________________________ COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO Defendant and Appellant, …
Brief • February 12, 2024
Mork v. Russel, NV,Order, Medical Neglect, 2024 Case 3:21-cv-00077-MMD-CSD Document 77 Filed 02/12/24 Page 1 of 14 1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 *** 6 NICOLAI MORK, Case No. 3:21-cv-00077-MMD-CSD 7 Plaintiff, 8 9 ORDER v. PERRY RUSSELL, et al., 10 Defendants. 11 12 …
Brief • February 5, 2024
Phillips v. Inch, FL, Settlement, Denial of Disability Accomodations, 2024 Case 3:22-cv-00997-BJD-LLL Document 100-3 Filed 02/05/24 Page 1 of 3 PageID 1513 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE I. PARTIES: This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Agreement") is entered into, effective as of the date of execution hereof, by Donny Phillips, as RELEASOR …
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