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Wellpath Sanctioned for Discovery Violation in Suit Over Kentucky Prisoner’s Death

Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025

Filed under: Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Brady/Giglio/Jencks Act Issues

Wellpath Sanctioned for Discovery Violation in Suit Over Kentucky Prisoner’s Death by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Private prison and jail medical provider Wellpath, LLC has announced ...

After Sixth Circuit Stops Attempted End-Run Around Rules, Former Kentucky Jail Detainee Settles Suit Against Southern Health Partners

Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022

Filed under: Medical, Private Contractors, Settlements

After Sixth Circuit Stops Attempted End-Run Around Rules, Former Kentucky Jail Detainee Settles Suit Against Southern Health Partners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On June 7, 2022, the federal court for the Eastern District of Kentucky dismissed the case of a former jail detainee after she reached a …

Cages in the Coalfields

Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Rural Prisons

to two state prisons in the region — one built in 1990 and the other in 2005 — Kentucky has also just reopened a private prison, leasing it from CoreCivic to house state prisoners. This recent ...

Sixth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Wellpath in Kentucky Prisoner’s Suit Alleging Denial of Medical Care, Due to Lack of Expert Testimony

Article • August 25, 2022

Filed under: Private Contractors, Summary Judgment, Opinions and Expert Testimony

ruling on September 17, 2021, the Court affirmed the decision of the federal court for the Western District of Kentucky, granting summary judgment to defendant employees of Correct Care Solutions, LLC (CCS ...

Kentucky Leases Closed Private Prison to Use as State Facility

Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021

Filed under: Private Prisons

Kentucky Leases Closed Private Prison to Use as State Facility by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Kentucky in December 2020 reopened Otter Creek Correctional Center (OCCC), leasing it from CoreCivic ...

Undisclosed Settlement in Kentucky Case a Textbook Case of Negligent Privatized Prison Medical Care

Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors

Undisclosed Settlement in Kentucky Case a Textbook Case of Negligent Privatized Prison Medical Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The provision of medical care is an expensive ...

Kentucky Reluctantly Returns to Prison Privatization

Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Overcrowding

Kentucky Reluctantly Returns to Prison Privatization by Overcrowding in Kentucky’s corrections system has spurred renewed interest in private prisons. Despite abandoning privately ...

Texas Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice--Open Roads and Overflowing Jails--Addressing High Rates of Rural Pretrial Incarceration, May 2018

Publication • May 1, 2018

Filed under: Private Prisons, War on Drugs, Overcrowding, Eighth Amendment, Jail Specific, Rural Prisons, Mental Health, Drug Treatment/Rehab, Second Amendment, Sixth Amendment

Texas Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice--Open Roads and Overflowing Jails--Addressing High Rates of Rural Pretrial Incarceration, May 2018 OPEN ROADS AND OVERFLOWING JAILS: Addressing High Rates of Rural Pretrial Incarceration by Marc Levin and Michael Haugen May 2018 May 2018 by Marc Levin Michael Haugen Center for Effective Justice …

Continued Failure in Privatized Medical Care at Kentucky Jails

Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017

Filed under: Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Continued Failure in Privatized Medical Care at Kentucky Jails by David Reutter by David Reutter Private medical contractors have become popular among corrections officials eager to reduce the cost of providing health care to prisoners. As PLN continues to chronicle this phenomenon, we continue to find substantial evidence that for-profit …

States Wrestle with Prison Privatization

Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Cost of Prison Systems

, noting that the last-minute timing of the 2016 bailout payment to CCA in exchange for not closing Kit Carson amounted to “blackmail.” Kentucky legislators also put forward a private prison ...

Advanced Correctional Healthcare’s Brutal Brand of Jailhouse Medicine

Article • January 12, 2017

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Medication, Cardiovascular, Private Contractors, Skin, Kidney, Hernias, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Infections, Overcrowding, Jail Specific, Collateral consequences of prison

is provided by another private prisoner health care firm, Southern Health Partners). Strayer was then transferred to Dearborn County Detention Center in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. The jail was severely ...

Rice v. Montgomery County, KY, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death Seizure, 2016

Brief • December 20, 2016

Filed under: Seizures, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Rice v. Montgomery County, KY, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death Seizure, 2016 SETTI.FTVIENT. RELEASE qF ALL CLAIMS AND INDEMNITYAGREEMENT This Settlement, Release of All Claims and Indemnity Agreement (hereinafter, "Agreement") is entered into by Diana Rice, Adminisffatrix of the Estate of Ronald Calvin Gaunce, deceased, and Della Ford, as natural mother …

Southern Health Partners to Face Liability in Kentucky Pre-trial Detainee’s MRSA Death

Article • November 8, 2016 • from PLN November, 2016

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Private Contractors, Contagious Disease -- Misc., Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Southern Health Partners to Face Liability in Kentucky Pre-trial Detainee’s MRSA Death by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to Southern Health Partners, Inc. (SHP) in a civil rights action alleging the company failed to train and supervise its nurses at Kentucky’s Hopkins County …

Private Medical Contractors in Kentucky Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity

Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Respiratory, Private Contractors, Gastrointestinal, Failure to Treat, Qualified Immunity

Private Medical Contractors in Kentucky Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity by The Kentucky Court of Appeals held that a trial court improperly granted summary judgment to the defendants in a civil action alleging a prisoner received negligent medical care at the Hardin County Detention Center (HCDC). HCDC contracts with Southern …

Deaths at Louisville Jail Prompt Investigations, Corizon Changes

Article • August 23, 2016

Filed under: Corizon, Contractor Misconduct, Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Deaths at Louisville Jail Prompt Investigations, Corizon Changes by Five of eight prisoner deaths since 2011 at the Metro Corrections jail in Louisville, Ky., are currently under ...

Glover v. CCA, VT, Autopsy Report, wrongful death, 2007

Publication • July 26, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Wrongful Death

Glover v. CCA, VT, Autopsy Report, wrongful death, 2007 GLOVER, LATASHA DORllAN /lfE-C 200'7-500 CO:MMONWEAJ,UJ OF KENTt1CKY Jl1~tice Ca.bil'et OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATE CI,UEF M.EDICAI, EXAMINER Ce.ntralized L~bor~tory Facility 100 Sower Boulevard - Suite 202 Frankfort, Kentucky 4060 I (502) 564-4545 J!JNAL r. flypertensive Cardiovascular Disease (Heart Weight: 480 gm). …

Sanders et al v. Bottom et al, KY, Complaint, CorrectCare death medical negligence, 2016

Brief • July 19, 2016

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Malpractice, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Sanders et al v. Bottom et al, KY, Complaint, CorrectCare death medical negligence, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION at LEXINGTON [Filed Electronically] RANDY DEWAYNE SANDERS, JR., Administrator of the Estate of RANDY DEWAYNE SANDERS, SR., deceased, -andKORTNEY SANDERS, Guardian of B.R.S. and H.M.J.S., minor …

Rice v. Montgomery County, KY, Complaint, Wrongful Death Seizure, 2016

Brief • July 7, 2016

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Seizures, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Private Contractors, Malpractice, Jail Specific

Rice v. Montgomery County, KY, Complaint, Wrongful Death Seizure, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION at LEXINGTON [Filed Electronically] DIANA RICE, Administratrix of the estate of RONALD CALVIN GAUNCE, deceased, and NEXT FRIEND of Mr. Gaunces’ minor child, S.C.G., PLAINTIFF v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KENTUCKY Serve: …

Incident Report - Lee Adjustment Center, CCA, 2004

Publication • May 26, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Rebellion, Videotaping, Lockdowns, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas

Incident Report - Lee Adjustment Center, CCA, 2004 PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL FORM 5-IA REVISED: 12/01/02 CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA INCIDENT REPORT INCIDENT NUMBER:04-i205-245-I DATE OF INCIDENT:September 14.2004 I. Type of Incident: PRIORITY I q q q q Death - any person Escape Rape (forced sexual assault) Inmate disturbance (major property …

Letter to CCA re Renewal of Otter Creek contract and transfer of HI inmates, KY DOC, July 24, 2009

Publication • May 26, 2016

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

Letter to CCA re Renewal of Otter Creek contract and transfer of HI inmates, KY DOC, July 24, 2009

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