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Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Hep-C Treatment Needed in Los Angeles County Jails to Save Lives and Money by Over a five-year stint working in Los Angeles County’s jail system, Dr. Mark Bunin Benor saw hundreds of detainees with Hepatitis-C who were not being treated. In an article published by the Los Angeles Times on …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Filed under: Hepatitis, Failure to Treat
$15,000 Net Award for Georgia Prisoner’s Delayed Hep-C Treatment by David Reutter by David Reutter   On April 26, 2024, a long legal battle over his delayed Hepatitis C (HCV) treatment netted Georgia prisoner Ricky Johnson just over $15,000 from Defendant state prison officials and medical personnel. As PLN has …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Ninth Circuit: Alleged Denial of Hepatitis C Treatment to Federal Prisoner in Washington Presents Valid Bivens Claim by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   In a decision issued on December 11, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said that the claim of a federal prisoner …
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 …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Virginia Settles Suit Over Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Hepatitis C for $700,000 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 5, 2023, a settlement was reached between the estate of a Virginia prisoner who died from untreated Hepatitis C and his physician with the state Department of Corrections (DOC). …
Publication • 2023
Filed under: Hepatitis
Learning From Civil Rights Lawsuits-Policies for Expanding Hep. C Testing and Treatment, April 2023 WHITE PAPER SERIES Learning from Civil Rights Lawsuits: Policies for Expanding Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment in United States Prisons and Jails white paper series Learning from Civil Rights Lawsuits: Policies for Expanding Hepatitis C Testing …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: Hepatitis
Prisoner Health Update: Hepatitis C by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD Hepatitis C (HepC) is inflammation of the liver due to the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). The virus infects about 1 to 2% of the U.S. population, but it is likely the most prevalent infection in American prisons. …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Filed under: Hepatitis, Tattoos
Minnesota Department of Corrections Searching for Tattooist for New Prison Program by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) began advertising for a new position in April 2022: A professional tattoo artist. The new hire will serve prisoners from a tattoo parlor being opened at Stillwater …
Article • December 12, 2022
D.C. Circuit Grants BOP Medical Director Qualified Immunity in Suit Over Delayed Treatment of Prisoner’s Hepatitis C by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 5, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that the medical director of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Hepatitis, Settlements
Settlement Finally Reached in Prisoners’ Hep-C Class-Action Against Connecticut DOC by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Nearly four years after a group of Connecticut prisoners sued the state Department of Corrections (DOC) for denying treatment for their infection with the Hepatitis-C virus (HCV)—and a year after the parties reached a …
Publication • 2022
NM Legislative Finance Committe-Performance Report Card 3rd Qtr, 2022 NEW MEX I CO LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE Submitted by agency? Yes Timeline assigned? No Responsibility assigned? No Indexed to FY09 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Corrections Department Third Quarter, Fiscal Year 2022 Corrections Department ACTION PLAN New Mexico Prison Population PERFORMANCE …
Publication • 2022
NM Legislative Finance Committe-Performance Report Card 3rd Qtr, 2022 (1) NEW MEX I CO LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE Submitted by agency? Yes Timeline assigned? No Responsibility assigned? No Indexed to FY09 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Corrections Department Third Quarter, Fiscal Year 2022 Corrections Department ACTION PLAN New Mexico Prison Population …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Vermont Hep-C Settlement Agreement Provides Direct-Acting Antivirals to Infected Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A settlement agreement setting out guidelines for care that the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) will provide to prisoners with Hepatitis-C was finalized on May 14, 2021, calling for enhanced screening of incoming …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Filed under: Hepatitis, Settlements
Texas Agrees to Settlement Providing Prisoners Hep C Treatment, Will Pay $950,000 in Attorney Fees by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A trio of pro se prisoner appeals denied by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on September 22, 2021, left intact an agreement approved earlier in …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: Hepatitis, Failure to Treat
Kentucky’s Prison HCV Policy of Monitoring Without Treatment Constitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion, held that the Kentucky Department of Corrections (KDOC) policy of refusing to provide Direct-Acting Antivirals (DAAs) to all prisoners infected with hepatitis C virus …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Eleventh Circuit Grants Prisoner with Hep C Exception to PLRA Three Strikes Rule by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in an unpublished decision, held a prisoner who had symptoms of fibrosis from Hepatitis C (HCV) and claimed prison officials refused to treat him was sufficient to satisfy that he …
Brief • September 20, 2021
Filed under: Hepatitis
Barfield v. Semple, CT, Joint Status Report, HepC Treatment, 2021 Case 3:18-cv-01198-MPS Document 197 Filed 09/20/21 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT ROBERT BARFIELD, ET AL., V. ANGEL QUIROS : : : : : CIVIL NO. 3:18-CV-1198 (MPS) SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 JOINT STATUS REPORT On …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Advancing Stage of HCV Triggers Imminent Danger Exception to PLRA Three Strikes Rule by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in an unpublished decision, found that a prisoner stated a claim showing he was in imminent danger of physical harm, and that a district court erred in dismissing the prisoner’s …
Brief • May 17, 2021
Filed under: Hepatitis
Barfield v. Semple, CT, Courtroom Minutes - Denial of Settlement Agreement, HepC Treatment, 2021 Case 3:18-cv-01198-MPS Document 162 Filed 05/17/21 Page 1 of 1 Civil- (Dec-2008) HONORABLE: Michael P. Shea - Hybrid/Zoom CLERKD. Johnson RPTR/ECRO/TAPEJ. Monette DEPUTY hours 26 minutes DATE: May 17, 2021 TOTAL TIME: START TIME: 2:00 LUNCH …
Brief • May 3, 2021
Filed under: Hepatitis
Barfield v. Semple, CT, Proposed Settlement Agreement, HepC Treatment, 2021 Case 3:18-cv-01198-MPS Document 151 Filed 05/03/21 Page 1 of 23 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT ___________________________________________ ) ROBERT BARFIELD, et al ) Plaintiffs ) ) V. ) ) ANGEL QUIROS ) Defendant, in his official capacity ) As …
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