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Illinois Jail Doctor Leaves Trail of Medical Misery Across Several States by Matthew Clarke A doctor has been associated with the medical maltreatment of multiple jail prisoners across several states during close to two decades of practice. Some of the prisoners died. Yet Dr. Stephen Austin Cullinan of Peoria, Illinois …
$1 Million for Medical Neglect Death of Wisconsin Jail Prisoner by David Reutter $1 Million for Medical Neglect Death of Wisconsin Jail Prisoner by David M. Reutter A Wisconsin federal jury awarded $1 million to the estate of a prisoner who died of a heart attack at the Racine County …
Doctor of Death: Former Jail Physician Leaves Trail of Prisoner Deaths, Injuries by Matthew Clarke Doctor of Death: Former Jail Physician Leaves Trail of Prisoner Deaths, Injuries by Matt Clarke An Illinois doctor whose medical care – or lack thereof – was linked to the deaths of prisoners in multiple …
Article • July 11, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Seventh Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Diabetic Detainee’s Death by Mark Wilson Seventh Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Diabetic Detainee’s Death by Mark Wilson On August 20, 2013, the Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of qualified immunity in a case concerning an Illinois pretrial detainee’s death due to …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
How Privatization Destroyed an Illinois Jail's Award-winning Suicide Prevention Program by Brian Dolinar Several years ago, while working at our local Books to Prisoners, I met a volunteer who was formerly a mental health counselor in the local jail in Champaign County, Illinois. This was just after there had been …
Seventh Circuit: Summary Judgment Partially Reversed in Jail Death Caused by Medication Withdrawal by On May 25, 2012, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to two defendants in a case involving a jail detainee who died after his prescribed medication was abruptly discontinued. Wisconsin's …
Article • May 15, 2008 • from PLN May, 2008
$3,175,000 Judgment against Private Health Contractor for Illinois Prisoner’s Stroke by $3,175,000 Judgment against Private Health Contractor for Illinois Prisoner's Stroke On January 26, 2007, an Illinois prisoner who claimed he suffered a stroke due to negligence on the part of Health Professionals, Ltd. a private company that contracts with …