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D.S. V. GEO Group, NM, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2015
Brief • February 13, 2015
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Corizon, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Malpractice, Failure to Protect (General), Prison Rape Elimination Act, Deliberate Indifference
protections and a culture that allowed this pervasive abuse to continue. 48. Prison health services administrators are policy makers and supervisors at the facilities where they oversee medical treatment ...
GEO Group Reaps Higher Profit from New Mexico Prisons than Other States
Article • January 12, 2015
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Cost of Prison Systems
than it should pay for private prison costs,” concluded the 100-page report from a Legislative Finance Committee audit team. As of March 2007, New Mexico housed 6,574 prisoners. Of those, 2,790 ...
When Halfway Houses Pose Full-Time Problems
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
Filed under: Classification, Work Release, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Community Education Centers, Contractor Misconduct, Prison Rebellion, Escapes, Failure to Protect (General), Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Alternative Sentencing
industry is Community Education Centers (CEC), a New Jersey-based for-profit company that manages jails, prisons and transitional centers throughout the United States. The firm operates six large halfway ...
Madrid v. CoreCivic, NM, Settlement, Medical Neglect Leading to Permanent Brain Damage, 2014
Brief • October 14, 2014
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Systemic Medical Neglect, Brain Injury, Malpractice, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment
Madrid v. CoreCivic, NM, Settlement, Medical Neglect Leading to Permanent Brain Damage, 2014 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, RELEASE AND COVENANT OF NON-DISCLOSURE For the consideration of the sum of two million and seven hundred and fifty dollars AND 00/100 ($2,750,000.00), paid by CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA and its insurer STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY, …
Former New Mexico State Senator Released from Prison
Article • September 18, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Filed under: Home Detention, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Government Misconduct, Release and Reentry
around 4½ years before being released. Aragon was also known for flip-flopping on the issue of prison privatization. Initially opposed to private prisons, he changed his mind after being hired ...
Lester v. Hickson, NM, Joint Status Report, Solitary, 2014
Brief • September 18, 2014
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Corizon, Drug Testing, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement
retaliation claim, none of these apply to Corizon. Corizon and Defendant McCort fall within the scope of the New Mexico Tort Claims Act protections, and grant of sovereign immunity. See Lymon v. Aramark Corp ...
Collins v. Bustamante, NM, Settlement (Lisa Jaramillo), Sexual Assault and Rape, 2014
Brief • September 15, 2014
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Prison Rape Elimination Act, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment
Collins v. Bustamante, NM, Settlement (Lisa Jaramillo), Sexual Assault and Rape, 2014 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE For the consideration of the sum of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 00/100 ($200,000.00), paid by CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA on behalf of ARLENE HICKSON and ROBERT ULIBARRI, the receipt and sufficiency of which is …
Colbert v. State of NM, NM, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2014
Brief • August 12, 2014
Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Failure to Protect (General), Prison Rape Elimination Act
of the proceeds paid pursuant to this Release, Releasor will satisfy any and all unpaid or unsatisfied obligations, if any, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") for Medicare and/or Medicaid ...
J.U. V. GEO Group, NM, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2014
Brief • April 16, 2014
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Corizon, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Malpractice, Failure to Protect (General), Prison Rape Elimination Act, Deliberate Indifference
("CMS") for Medicare and/or Medicaid reimbursement. Releasors and their attorneys further agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Releasees from any and all liability whatsoever which might arise ...
T.G. V. GEO Group, NM, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2014
Brief • April 9, 2014
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Corizon, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Malpractice, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Deliberate Indifference
and all unpaid or unsatisfied obligations, if any, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") for Medicare and/or Medicaid reimbursement. Releasors and their attorneys further agree to defend ...
R.J. V. GEO Group, NM, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2014
Brief • April 3, 2014
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Corizon, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Malpractice, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Deliberate Indifference
and all unpaid or unsatisfied obligations, if any, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") for Medicare and/or Medicaid reimbursement. Releasors and their attorneys further agree to defend ...
Garcia v. CoreCivic, NM, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2014
Brief • March 19, 2014
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Labor, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Failure to Protect (General), Negligence/Reckless Endangerment
Garcia v. CoreCivic, NM, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-00268-RHS-LAM Document 1 Filed 03/19/14 Page 1 of 14 IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO HENRY GARCIA, Plaintiff, v. No. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC., WARDEN TIM MORGAN, JANA MARJENHOFF, M.D., JAY PETERSON, …
Lester v. Hickson, NM, Amended Complaint, Inadequate Healthcare and Retaliation, 2014
Brief • March 11, 2014
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Retaliation for Use of Medical Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Inadequate Health Care Facilities
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO CAROL LESTER, Plaintiff, v. No. 1:13-CV-01118 JB/LAM WARDEN ARLENE HICKSON, DEPUTY WARDEN JERRY SMITH, TONY MCCORT, CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA Inc., CORIZON Inc., Defendants ...
Lester v. Hickson, NM, Amended Complaint, Solitary, 2014
Brief • March 11, 2014
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Corizon, Drug Testing, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement
LESTER, Plaintiff, v. No. 1:13-CV-01118 JB/LAM WARDEN ARLENE HICKSON, DEPUTY WARDEN JERRY SMITH, TONY MCCORT, CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA Inc., CORIZON Inc., Defendants. AMENDED COMPLAINT ...
Gonzales v. Young, NM, Amended Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2014
Brief • January 27, 2014
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Malpractice, Failure to Protect (General), Prison Rape Elimination Act
MONTOYA, Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs, v.v. Case No. D-202-CV-2013-06298 Case No. D-202-CV-2013-06298 MICHAEL YOUNG, M.D., ARLENE HICKSON, KIM S. YOUNG, D.O., ARLENE HICKSON, JENNIFER JOHNSON, CORIZON HEALTH ...
T.G. V. GEO Group, NM, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2014
Brief • January 16, 2014
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Corizon, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Malpractice, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Deliberate Indifference
. By this point in time Defendant Walden had been transferred from the private prison in Santa Rosa, to another facility run by Defendant GEO in Clayton. 81. Defendant Walden remembered Plaintiff from his time ...
J.U. V. GEO Group, NM, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2013
Brief • October 7, 2013
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Corizon, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Failure to Protect (General), Prison Rape Elimination Act, Deliberate Indifference
    FOR  THE  DISTRICT  OF  NEW  MEXICO   J.U. and R.S., Plaintiffs, v. THE GEO GROUP, Inc.; CORIZON, Inc.; WARDEN ERASMO BRAVO, in his individual and official capacity; JOHN/JANE DOE (medical staff ...
New Mexico Prison Doctor Fingered in Lawsuits
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Health Services, Medical Misconduct
New Mexico Prison Doctor Fingered in Lawsuits by Two lawsuits filed in March 2013 seek compensatory and punitive damages against former prison physician Mark E. Walden, GEO Group, Corizon ...
US District Court Orders Release of Records to Prisoner
Article • April 15, 2013
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Disclosure of Records, Freedom of Information Act
US District Court Orders Release of Records to Prisoner by In the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, before U.S. Magistrate Lourdes A. Martinez, federal prisoner Anceso Rodrigo Aceves prevailed in his efforts to obtain certain prison records pertaining to himself. Defendants were officials of the …
Colbert v. State of NM, NM, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2013
Brief • April 5, 2013
Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Failure to Protect (General), Prison Rape Elimination Act
Colbert v. State of NM, NM, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2013 FILED IN MY OFFICE DISTRICT COURT CLERK 4/5/2013 3:53:21 PM STEPHEN T. PACHECO FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COUNTY OF SANTA FE STATE OF NEW MEXICO jc WILLIAM COLBERT, Plaintiff, D-101-CV-2013-00969 Case No. - - - - - - - - …
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