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Fifth Circuit Holds Private Immigration Detention Facilities Are Subject to Trafficking Victims Protection Act’s Prohibition Against Coerced Labor by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After a trio of federal court rulings in 2021 regarding the labor of immigrant detainees, the first one remained the clearest victory so far for plaintiffs. …
Seventh Circuit: No Case for Loss of Eye from Medical Neglect Because of Lack of Expert Testimony by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett A recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit highlights the importance of producing expert testimony to refute assertions made by defendant health …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Seventh Circuit Grudgingly Affirms Summary Judgment in Illinois’ Prisoner’s Suicide Lawsuit by Dale Chappell But Highlights Negligence of DOC and Wexford Health Staff by Dale Chappell Hinting that “another area of law” may provide relief, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on August 9, 2021, affirmed summary …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D) signed an executive order in January 2021 prohibiting DOJ from renewing contracts for detention facilities with private prison operators. That order is being challenged ...
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
; As a condition of the monetary settlement, Clark relinquished any and all claims against defendants, including Chester County and its prison health care contractor, PrimeCare Medical, Inc. See: Clark v. Feliciano ...
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Seven Prisoners Died in 2021, One by Homicide, at Virginia’s Only Private Prison by The Lawrenceville Correctional Center (LCC), Virginia’s only remaining for-profit prison, now also ...
Tennessee CoreCivic Prison Guard Indicted for Beating Unresisting Prisoner, Attempting Cover-up by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On September 27, 2021, a three-count indictment was filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, accusing a former guard at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Hartsville of violating a …
Brief • January 31, 2022
Baker v. Jimenez, et al., NM, Complaint, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2022 Case 2:22-cv-00071 Document 1 Filed 01/31/22 Page 1 of 10 Centurion 002572 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ...
Brief • January 3, 2022
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Miera v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Complaint (Federal), Medical Malpractice, 2022 Case 1:21-cv-01227-KWR-SMV Document 2 Filed 01/03/22 Page 1 of 47 Centurion ...
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
$2 Million Paid by North Carolina Jail for Prisoner’s Wrongful Death; Undisclosed Amount Paid by Southeastern Medical Services by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On January 8, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina approved a $2 million settlement to be paid by Buncombe County, …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Filed under: Corizon, Failure to Treat
, 2021, report by Newsweek noted that 49 state prison systems currently rely on contracted health care providers like Corizon and its four main competitors, NaphCare Inc., PrimeCare Medical Inc., Armor ...
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Montana Renews CoreCivic Contract; Major Water and Sewage Problems Persist by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The private prison industry has been under fire recently across the country ...
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
; Centurion took over the contract to provide health care to NMCD prisoners on July 1, 2019, from another private firm, Corizon Correctional Healthcare, which had taken over from competitor Wexford Health ...
Brief • December 15, 2021
HRDC v. Centurion, VT, Complaint, Public Records Request, 2021 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISION Washington Unit Human Rights Defense Center, Plaintiff Case No.: __________________ v ...
Brief • December 14, 2021
Mathis v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2021 Centurion 002260 STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL ...
Brief • December 13, 2021
of that public function. Corizon Health, 2020-NMCA014, 126. 4. Under Corizon Health. Defendant Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, is a proper defendant, and Plaintiff has a legal right ...
Rodesky v. Wexford, IL, Jury Verdict, Medical Neglect, 2021 1:15-cv-01002-JEH # 161 Page 1 of 2 E-FILED Saturday, 04 December, 2021 09:09:43 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD JURY VERDICT FORM 1. We, the jury, find as follows on Plaintiffs Eighth Amen dment claim against Randy Pfister: (Place an 11X …
ABA’s Private Prisons Prophecy Comes to Pass by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Prison populations exploded in every state across the country during the 1980s and ‘90s. It was during ...
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Fourth Circuit Holds CoreCivic Immigration Detainees in New Mexico Not “Employees” Under FLSA by A panel of judges in the Fourth Circuit agreed with the dismissal of an appeal brought by former ICE detainees held by CoreCivic at their Cibola County Correctional Center in Milan, New Mexico. The ruling was …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
this year, the state passed a bill banning private prisons, and other bills like it have been passed in California and elsewhere. The work program at the Northwest ICE Processing Center has since been halted ...
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