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Bearden v. Lippman, FL, Medical Interrogatories, 2009 Medical Interrogatories to Doctor 1. What is the name and address of the person answering these interrogatories, and, if applicable, the person’s official position or relationship with the party to whom the interrogatories are directed? 2. Describe in detail your relationship with The …
and Jacqueline Overturf, were being held at the Brush Correctional Facility, a privateprison operated by GRWCorp., when they were sexually assaulted by prison guard Russell E. Rollison. They filed a lawsuit
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Terminal Incarceration by The short, sad lives of some detainees facing relatively minor charges end in jail. Here are three such cases. By Rob Jordan As she laid her head on her big sister's chest and listened to the heartbeats slow, Harolyn Frazier thought of opportunities lost. In the wake …
medical care is unlikely to be any different.
On January 1, 2009, another privateprison company, CommunityEducationCenters (CEC), took over GEO’s contract to operate GHCF in Delaware County. While
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CMS Fails to Treat MRSA Infection; Florida Jail Prisoner Dies
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When Dorothy Dian Palinchik was booked into Florida’s Pinellas County Jail (PCJ) on February 13, 2008 for stealing a $9.00
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Former PHS Doctor Arrested on Drug Charges
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Former PHS Doctor Arrested on Drug Charges
In July 2008, former PrisonHealthServices (PHS) employee John N. Mubang, 57, was arrested
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) has sued the sheriff of Sarasota County, Florida for awarding the jail’s health care contract to rival ArmorCorrectionalHealthServices without taking competitive bids. The lawsuit also alleges
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, was employed as a financial analyst for GEO’s mergers and acquisitions group. It is through these sources that Zachariah learned that GEO was about to acquire CorrectionalServicesCorp., (CSC) a Florida company
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, a Florida jury found that PrisonHealthServices (PHS) was not negligent in misdiagnosing a jail prisoner’s broken neck, which left him a permanent quadriplegic. The series of events that led
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CCA Fined $140,000 for Early Release of Prisoners at FL Jail; Quits Contract
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The nation’s largest privateprison firm, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), has once again upset
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, the SCSO had had a contract with PrisonHealthServices (PHS) to provide medical services to prisoners in its jail. That contract was worth $2.4 million yearly. With the contract expiring on October 1
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No Criminal Wrongdoing Found in Overpayments to Florida PrivatePrisons
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
In May 2007 the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) issued a 22-page
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after an x-ray. After he was returned to his cell, his condition worsened and he died in the hospital from his injuries.
The matter was settled by the parties paying as follows: PrisonHealthServices
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“Please Rip Us Off” Florida Officials Tell PrivatePrison Companies
by David Reutter
"Please Rip Us Off" Florida Officials Tell PrivatePrison Companies
by David M. Reutter
Despite having
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$1.6 Million Settlements by PHS and Hillsborough County in Death of Baby Born in Florida Jail
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
Inadequate medical care by PrisonHealthServices (PHS) has
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Despite recent scandals and a new privatecontractor, the Florida Civil Commitment Center (FCCC) is still a facility with little direction other than as a confinement center to warehouse sex
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CCA Fined for Florida Jail Escape; County Commission Poised to Impose More Fines by After a series of escapes, prisoner suicides and thefts by employees over the past year, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) promised it would take action to prevent similar incidents at Florida?s Hernando County Jail (HCJ). The …
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Armor's Chief Executive Officer, Doyle H. Moore, had founded PrisonHealthServices (PHS) in 1978. According to a 2005 New York Times article, "Prison Health proved adept at integrating itself with local
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PrivatePrison Companies Bilk Florida Taxpayers Out of Millions
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
From its inception, privatization of Florida prisons has been touted as a way to save
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of mandamus, seeking
to compel Aramark Food Service to provide a copy of the food service
contract between Aramark and the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC).
The petition was filed by prisoner Thomas P
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