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Colorado Expands Private Prisons While Fining CCA for Understaffing by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke On June 28, 2006, Colorado assessed $126,000 in fines against Corrections ...
Private Geo Prison in Texas Rocked By Prisoner Abuse, Disturbance and Escape by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke Recently, the Newton County Correctional Center (NCCC), a private prison ...
Myers v. CCA, VT, Settlement, Denying Treatment Medical Neglect, 2006 Nov. 10 2006 06:03PM P1 FAX NO. : FROM : JOHN J. , LTD. 8 E. Center wW Rutland, Vermont 05701 Tel. #: (802) 773-3384 Facsimile #: (802) 747-1451 IMPORTANT NOTICE -FAX COVER SHEET- NOTE: This .; Fa. contains privileged …
LeClair v. Hoffmann, VT, Settlement, personal injury negligence, 2006 LYL ] THOMAS MIHALIM-1 9 P.C. ATTORNEYS AT LAW JEFFREY S. MARLIN BARBARA R. BLACKMAN STEVEN C. COLLIER JENNIFER G. MIHALICH KATHERINE L. DUMONT HEATHER E. THOMAS PIETRO J. LYNN October 26, 2006 Walter LeClaire North Fork Correctional Facility 1605 East …
Board of Commissioners Clears PHS In Three Leon County (Florida) Jail Deaths by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg After three jail deaths between May 2003 and October 2004, the Leon County Board of Commissioners met to consider the Sheriff's reports on the three deaths and any implications regarding the …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
., and EMSA--a subsidiary of the infamously inept Prison Health Services (PHS)--in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. She alleged cruel and unusual ...
there also was little regulation of privatized prisoner transportation companies: no regulatory oversight, no standards, no minimum security requirements or enforcement mechanisms to ensure that transport ...
United for the Separation of Church and State has challenged in court the Inner Change program run in an Iowa prison by Charles Colson's Prison Fellowship. In June, 2006, the court held the program ...
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Oklahoma Requires Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies For Ex-Prisoner Suits by The Oklahoma Legislature has enacted a law that prohibits former prisoners from bringing a civil action unless the prisoner has exhausted all administrative remedies. To PLNs knowledge, this is the first law of its kind. The legislation, which was signed …
contractor assuming a state function, was free from liability to Willis. The court noted that in T.C.A. § 47-24-108(b), Tennessee clearly declines to extend sovereign immunity to private prison operators ...
higher than the individual recoveries that can be anticipated in this case. However, those recoveries typically came after trial. The court was aware of at least one substantial judgment against Esmor/CSC ...
restaurant wages, according to Ken Kopczynski, executive director of Private Corrections Institute (PCI), a prison watchdog group. This is a major issue, says Kopczynski. The private prison companies have ...
in private prisons is of special interest to Hawaiian officials. Half of Hawaiis state prisoners--a total of about 1,850--are incarcerated in private prisons in Arizona, Kentucky, Mississippi and Oklahoma ...
disturbance? I believe I was informed of that by, A. actually. a Colorado private prison monitor. As far as when, I'm assuming it would have been sometime in the first year of operation. Q. And how ...
Lujan v. CCA, CO, August Deposition Exhibits - Prison Riots (2006) ~ ~·· MEEK & & ASSOCIATES Certified Shorthand Reporters Pueblo, CO 81004 317 Argyle Ave. Ave. Pueblo, (719) 542-1010, 1-800-233-6335, FAX (719) 542-3617 DEPOSITION EXHIBITS from LUJAN VS. CCA & 18th, 2006 August 17th & Richard Selman, Chad Kastelic, …
Physician Services, the jails medical provider. Whitfield alleged her son had made numerous requests for medical attention prior to losing consciousness and that he died due to the defendants failure ...
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
on his left knee; a laceration on his forehead; and other injuries. Cook remained hospitalized for two months. Cook sued the MDOC, numerous guards, and CMS medical personnel under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ...
Armor Correctional Health Services: A New Company Blossoming with Political Payback by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A recently-formed Florida prison healthcare corporation is blossoming ...
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
not cause Kings death. The jury therefore awarded no damages. EMSA is a subsidiary of Prison Health Services, which has been implicated in the deaths of prisoners nationwide due to neglect, non-treatment ...
. The decedents estranged wife, Gloria Daniels, sued the County, Grady Memorial, and the now defunct Correctional Healthcare Solutions (CHS), which provided medical care at the jail. The suit, brought in state ...
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