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Settlements in St. Louis Jail Detainee’s Heroin Withdrawal Death by David Reutter The City of St. Louis, Missouri and Correctional Medical Services (CMS, now Corizon Health) both agreed to pay settlements in a lawsuit filed by the estate of a jail detainee who died due to heroin withdrawal. Upon being …
$66,000 Jury Award in New Mexico CCA Sexual Abuse, Retaliation Case by Matthew Clarke $66,000 Jury Award in New Mexico CCA Sexual Abuse, Retaliation Case by Matt Clarke On November 15, 2012, a New Mexico federal jury awarded $66,000 to a woman formerly incarcerated at a prison operated by Corrections …
Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s ADA/RA Claims by Mark Wilson Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s ADA/RA Claims by Mark Wilson The Eighth Circuit has reversed in part the dismissal of a Missouri prisoner’s claims related to accommodation of his disabilities. In 2004, Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) prisoner …
Article • January 13, 2015
Tennessee Dumps Corizon for Higher Bidder on Prison Health Care Contract by Tennessee Dumps Corizon for Higher Bidder on Prison Health Care Contract The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) has awarded its prisoner health care contract to Centurion, a company formed when MHM Services and Centene Corp. merged. TDOC’s current …
Treatment Industrial Complex: Brief on Privatization of Correctional Medical & Mental Health Treatment AFSC of AZ 2014 TREATMENT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: How For-Profit Prison Corporations are Undermining Efforts to Treat and Rehabilitate Prisoners for Corporate Gain ion BIngo tizat a iv r P n io t a carcer In M O …
Corizon Needs a Checkup: Problems with Privatized Correctional Healthcare by Greg Dober Corizon, the nation’s largest for-profit medical services provider for prisons, jails and other detention facilities, was formed in June 2011 through the merger of Prison Health Services (PHS) and Correctional Medical Services (CMS). In April 2013, the debt-rating …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Qualified Immunity Denied to Prison Psychiatrist who Prescribed Lethal Drug Combination; $450,000 Settlement by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the denial of qualified immunity to a psychiatrist in a lawsuit brought by a prisoner’s estate. The appellate court found the evidence could establish that the psychiatrist had …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Case Challenging Conditions in Illinois Jail where Mentally Ill Prisoner Died by David Reutter Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Case Challenging Conditions in Illinois Jail where Mentally Ill Prisoner Died On March 20, 2012, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s grant …
Idaho DOC Settles 30-year-old Class-action Lawsuit by Idaho officials first tried to suppress what they called an “inflammatory” and “libelous” report filed by a court-appointed expert in a longstanding suit involving the state’s prison system. They then finally agreed to settle the 30-year-old litigation based upon the report’s findings. In …
PHS Hit with $312,000 Verdict for Inadequate Care of Pennsylvania Prisoner by PHS Hit with $312,000 Verdict for Inadequate Care of Pennsylvania Prisoner On February 17, 2012, a Pennsylvania state jury slapped Prison Health Services (PHS) with a $400,000 verdict for inadequate medical care of a prisoner at State Correctional …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Filed under: CMS, Medical, HIV/AIDS
First Circuit Holds that Delay in Treating HIV May Constitute Deliberate Indifference by The First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the grant of summary judgment to a physician assistant at the York County Jail (YCJ) in Maine, concluding that a material dispute existed as to whether the physician assistant acted …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
CMS Pays $275,000 in New York Prisoner’s Jail Death by Correctional Medical Services (CMS) has agreed to pay $275,000 to settle a lawsuit related to a prisoner’s death. The suit, which was filed in New York’s Monroe County Supreme Court and then removed to federal court, alleged negligence, medical malpractice …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
CMS Nurses Disciplined in Kentucky Prisoner’s Death by The Kentucky Board of Nursing has disciplined two nurses who were on duty when a prisoner died one day after he was booked into the Fayette County Jail. Prisoner Dean Ferguson, 54, died of a pulmonary embolism on July 10, 2010 after …
Eighth Circuit Upholds Denial of Qualified Immunity on Medical Claims Against CMS by On July 20, 2010, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part a district court’s denial of summary judgment to prison officials on the medical claims of two Arkansas state prisoners. Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADOC) …
Article • September 15, 2011
Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS
Prolonged Sitting On Steel Stools Claim Survives Summary Judgment by Prolonged Sitting on Steel Stools Claim Survives Summary Judgment Gabriel B. Nock, a prisoner at the Dover Community Correctional Center (DCC) in Dover, Delaware, filed suit in federal district court against Correctional Medical Services (CMS), the health services provider at …
Merger Creates Largest Private Prison Medical Provider in U.S. by David Reutter On March 3, 2011, American Service Group, Inc. (ASG) and Valitás Health Services, Inc. (VHS) announced a planned merger of the two companies that would create the largest contractor for healthcare services in prisons and jails in the …
Article • August 15, 2011
Michigan Auditor Finds Prisoner Health Care Delivery Inadequate by David Reutter By David M. Reutter The Michigan Department of Corrections’ (MDOC) efforts to comply with the requirement to deliver medical services are not effective. That is the conclusion drawn in an audit report issued in March 2008 by Michigan’s Office …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Former Virginia Beach Sheriff Received Insider Information on Jail Contract by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Within a few days after his retirement as Sheriff of Virginia Beach, Virginia in late 2009, Paul Lanteigne went to work for Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc. and began exchanging emails with and receiving documents …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Sixth Circuit Rules on Whether Prisoner Must Name Defendants in Grievance by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) internal grievance policy rule that prisoners name all defendants did not invalidate a prisoner’s grievance for purposes of exhaustion of administrative remedies when prison …
Summary Judgment for Massachusetts DOC Medical Provider Reversed by Brandon Sample The Appeals Court of Massachusetts has reversed a grant of summary judgment in favor of a Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) contract medical provider, subcontractor and contract staff alleged to have provided inadequate dental care. John Sullivan, a prisoner …
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