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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, …
Criminal Justice, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and People with Mental Illnesses, David Bazelon, SAMHSA, 2018 Criminal Justice, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and People with Mental Illnesses The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Washington, DC Disclaimer This webinar was developed [in part] under contract number …
Florida Prisoner Deaths Spike with Privatized Prisoner Health Care by David Reutter by David Reutter With the advent of privatized prisoner health care in Florida, a spike in deaths has hit levels not seen in 10 years. Yet, privatization remains popular with Gov. Rick Scott, the former CEO of a …
Crouse v. Allegheny County, PA, Pltff Response to MSJ, Inmate Suicide, 2014 Case 2:09-cv-01221-DSC Document 131 Filed 02/06/15 Page 1 of 12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA BEVERLY CROUSE, as Administrator of the Estate of Shiva Lal Acharya, deceased, on behalf of the …
The Effects of Male Incarceration Dynamics on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Infection Rates among African American Women and Men, Chicago Journals, 2014 The University of Chicago The Booth School of Business of the University of Chicago The University of Chicago Law School The Effects of Male Incarceration Dynamics on Acquired …
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 …
Preventable Sacramento County Jail Death Costs Taxpayers $1.45 Million by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The systemic failure of medical care at California’s Sacramento County Main Jail (SCMJ) resulted in a prisoner’s avoidable death that has cost taxpayers $1.45 million. For years, SCMJ’s healthcare system has been severely deficient …
Arizona Jail’s Medical Failures Due to Inadequate Record Keeping, Understaffing by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Medical care for approximately 10,000 prisoners in the Maricopa County jail system is an abject failure. That may explain why the Arizona county, which is the fourth largest in the nation, has had to …
$1,100,000 Settlement in Juvenile Prisoner Suicide in Union County, New Jersey by $1,100,000 Settlement in Juvenile Prisoner Suicide in Union County, New Jersey On November 15, 2007, Union County settled a lawsuit over the suicide death of a juvenile prisoner at the 42-year-old Union County Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) in …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
County, Contractor Settle Diabetic New Jersey Prisoner’s Death for $700,000 by County, Contractor Settle Diabetic New Jersey Prisoner's Death for $700,000 On April 3, 2007, Essex County, New Jersey, and Correctional Health Services (CHS) paid $700,000 to settle with the family of a man who died from insulin deficiency after …
Need for New Prosthesis is Serious Medical Need by A New Jersey federal district court held that the failure to provide a pretrial detainee with a prosthesis is deliberate indifference to a serious medical need. This action was filed by a pretrial detainee against officials at New Jersey's Cape May …