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protections and a culture that
allowed this pervasive abuse to continue.
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Prisonhealthservices administrators are policy makers and supervisors at the
facilities where they oversee medical treatment
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than it should pay for privateprison 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
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industry is CommunityEducationCenters (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
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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, …
around 4½ years before being released.
Aragon was also known for flip-flopping on the issue of prison privatization. Initially opposed to privateprisons, he changed his mind after being hired
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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
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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 …
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
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("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
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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
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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
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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, …
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
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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
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. By this point in time Defendant Walden had been transferred from the privateprison in Santa Rosa, to another facility run by Defendant GEO in Clayton.
81. Defendant Walden remembered Plaintiff from his time
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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
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New Mexico Prison Doctor Fingered in Lawsuits
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Two lawsuits filed in March 2013 seek compensatory and punitive damages against former prison physician Mark E. Walden, GEO Group, Corizon
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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 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. - - - - - - - - …
