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was not provided care for the torn bicep by the medical provider, PrisonHealthServices, until four months later.
His complaint alleged civil rights violations for the failure to protect and deliberate
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Drill Bit Left in Jaw Nets D.C. Prisoner $15,000 Settlement by On March 22, 2005, a prisoner of the District of Columbia and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) settled for $15,000 his suit alleging medical negligence for a botched dental procedure. James Moore was admitted to a D.C. hospital on …
Eighth Circuit Dismisses Appeal Where Parties Attempted to Manufacture Jurisdiction by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has rejected an attempt by the parties in a suit against Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) to manufacture appellate jurisdiction for an interlocutory appeal from a district court’s grant of …
OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
STAR MRDAK, as next friend of JOSEPH
SCHAEFER,
Plaintiff,
No. ________________
vs.
KUL BIR SOOD, MD, CORRECTCARESOLUTIONS, LLC, DEAN RIEGER, MD,
IMHOTEP K. CARTER, MD, and
WEXFORD
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Progressive Discipline - Policy Manual, GEO Group, 2011 POLICY and PROCEDURE MANUAL NUMBER: 3.2.8 CHAPTER: Human Resources SUPERSEDES: TITLE: Progressive Discipline NEW EFFECTIVE: ACA STANDARDS: 03/01/11 PURPOSE Progressive Discipline is a process by which employees are made aware that an opportunity for improvement exists, and supervisors follow a course of …
Kelly v. Wengler, ID, Complaint, CCA Failure to Protect, 2011 Case Case 1:09-cv-00010-EJL 1:11-cv-00185-EJLDocument Document 143-2 1 Filed Filed 04/27/11 02/21/11Page Page 1 of 1 67 of 67 STEPHEN L. PEVAR American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 2074 Park Street Hartford, Connecticut 06106 (860) 570-9830 (APPENDIX B) LEA C. COOPER ISB …
Is Operation Streamline a Billion Dollar Give-away to the PrivatePrison Industry?
by Bob Libal
A new “green paper” released on July 19, 2010, entitled Operation Streamline: Drowning Justice
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that provide correctional services, including privateprison firms. APCTO’s membership includes Management & TrainingCorporation (MTC), a privateprison contractor that houses thousands of federal detainees
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” and slurred his speech, signs of intoxication.
The LPN was an employee of PrisonHealthServices (PHS), a privateprison medical care contractor. PHS policy required that a physician be contacted
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Ninth Circuit Holds PrivatePrison Companies Can Be Sued Under Bivens for Violating Federal Prisoner’s Rights
by Derek Gilna
On June 7, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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Medical Services (CMS) mental health employee responded. Guards told them Randle had torn her suicide gown, made a noose, tied it around her neck and threatened to hang herself. Love ordered Randle placed
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Hammonds v. CCA, KY, Complaint, internal affairs staff-inmate rape, 2011 Case 3:11-cv-00008-JGH Document 1 Filed 01/05/11 Page 1 of 17 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE DIVISION CIVIL ACTION NO. _____________________ 3:11-cv-8-H FUNDA HAMMONDS Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women P.O. Box 337 Pewee Valley, …
Hammonds v. Corrections Corporation of America, KY, Complaint, CCA guard sexual assault, 2011 Case 3:11-cv-00008-JGH Document 1 Filed 01/05/11 Page 1 of 17 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE DIVISION CIVIL ACTION NO. _____________________ 3:11-cv-8-H FUNDA HAMMONDS Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women P.O. Box …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf Res to Discovery Mot, prison riot, 2010 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 Plaintiffs: VANCE A. ADAMS et. al. ▲COURT USE ONLY ▲ …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf Mot in Limine, Disclosure of Medical Requests, 2010 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 Plaintiffs: VANCE A. ADAMS et. al. ▲COURT USE ONLY …
Revised Statute §537.080
(2009).
8. Defendant CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES (hereinafter “CMS”) is a private
Missouri corporation with its principal place of business in St. Louis County, Missouri.
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Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf Support Mot PSJ, prison riot medical records, 2010 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 ▲COURT USE ONLY ▲ Plaintiffs: VANCE A. ADAMS et. …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf BiS Plf Mot PSJ - Damages, Disclosure of Medical Requests, 2010 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 Plaintiffs: VANCE A. ADAMS et. al. …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf Mot PSJ - Damages, prison riot, 2010 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 ▲COURT USE ONLY ▲ Plaintiffs: VANCE A. ADAMS et. al. …
