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$24,500 Settlement in Slip and Fall Suit by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $24,500 to settle a slip and fall and negligent maintenance suit filed by Florida prisoner Randolf Bailey. The incident occurred on October 2, 2002 at South Bay Correctional Facility. In his complaint, Bailey claims he was exiting the …
$35,000 Settlement in Florida Prisoner’s Negligence Claim, Failure to Correct Dangerous Condition Against Geo Group
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The Geo Group, Inc., Florida Correctional Finance Corporation, South
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$75,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Negligence Claim Injury Due to Failure to Correct Dangerous Condition by The Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $75,000 to settle a prisoner’s negligence claim. The settlement came in a lawsuit filed by Florida prisoner Thomas Less Stevens. Stevens alleged in his complaint against Wackenhut that on December …
$250,000 Settlement in Florida Auto Accident Claim Against Geo by The Geo Group paid $250,000 to settle an auto accident claim. The settlement came in a lawsuit filed by Elsworth Noel Seals. In her complaint, Seals alleged that on March 1, 2006. While approaching an intersection in her vehicle in …
protected class. Then in September 1993, Shams applied for and accepted a position with “EMSA” Correctional Care at South Florida Reception Center in Miami. Shams resigned from GCI to work in Miami.
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GEO Group Car Accident Settlement by The GEO Group Inc. paid $20,000 to settle a car accident suit with injuries. In his complaint, plaintiff Keven Freeze claimed on May 1, 2006, that Harold Eades, an employee of the GEO Group, was operating a motor vehicle in a reckless manner causing …
Summary Judgment Granted to a County Sheriff for a Civil Detainees Civil Violation by A California Federal District Court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging violation of a civil detainee’s Fourth Amendment rights. Civil detainee John T. Sundquist was at the Atascadero State Hospital under the …
Wackenhut Corrections Corporation Paid $29,900 to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $29,900 to settle a lawsuit claiming sexual harassment. In her complaint, Marsha Senatti claims fellow Wackenhut employee Lee Jackson did unlawfully touch, in a sexual manner, her private parts and genitalia, including “rubbing his penis …
Wackenhut Pays $32,500 in Negligence Lawsuit by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $32,500 to settle a negligence lawsuit filed by Florida prisoner Michael Wyzykowski. In his complain, Wyzykowski claimed he was ordered to cut “maiden cane” with a weed whacker that was altered by Wackenhut guards, replacing the original head and …
Wackenhut Settles Wrongful Death Suit for $300,000 by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation paid $300,000 to settle a wrongful death suit filed by the minor children of prisoner Lisa Ann Lowdermilk. The complaint alleged that while at Broward County work release, Lowdermilk died due to the negligence of Wackenhut employees Kenneth Day, …
Prisoner’s Administrative Remedies Do Not Require Naming of Official by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated its own affirmation of the dismissal of a prisoner’s civil rights complaint after the Supreme Court found that the circuit’s imposition of the prerequisite to properly exhaust administrative remedies before filing a complaint …
Magistrate’s Recommendations Accepted in Texas Mental Health Case by On May 19, 2009, A U.S. Magistrate Judge filed his recommendations in a complaint brought by Miroslava Rodriguez-Grava (Rodriguez) and Iaias Vasquez Cisneros De Jesus (De Jesus) for their treatment while they were detained at the South Texas Detention Complex (STDC). …
by LePage, Ponte was employed as warden of CCA’s Nevada Southern Detention Center; he also previously worked for privateprison firm CornellCorrections as well as in state prison systems. Ponte said he would
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, reflects a “meaningful deterioration” in GEO’s credit metrics. The BI acquisition and a previous $730 million deal to buy rival privateprison operator CornellCorrections will give GEO around $1.5 billion
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upon arrest must be taken to the nearest hospital first.
Additionally, the city’s contract medical provider, PrisonHealthServices (PHS), is required by the agreement to provide medical triage
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Group and another privateprison company, Civigenics, for operation of the facilities.
On October 28, 2004, 13 days after her resignation from the Schwarzenegger administration, Arduin was elected
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Summary Judgment for Illinois Jail Nurse Reversed in Wrongful Death Suit by Brandon Sample The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a grant of summary judgment in favor of a nurse at Illinois’ Peoria County Jail (PCJ) who was accused of providing deliberately indifferent medical care to …
concerning the July 30 escape of three prisoners from a privately-operated prison in Kingman, Arizona. The report was highly critical of Management and TrainingCorporation (MTC), the for-profit firm that runs
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PrisonHealthServices Doctors Caught in Scandals
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In a two-week period in July 2010, two doctors employed by PrisonHealthServices (PHS) were involved in scandals that led one to resign
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