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Miera v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Complaint (State), Medical Malpractice, 2019
Centurion 000758
FILED
1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
Santa Fe County
4/11/2019 8
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Scabies Outbreak at Michigan Women’s Prison Under Corizon Health
by Edward Lyon
by Ed Lyon
Scabies is the name for an infestation of tiny mites that burrow under a person’s skin
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Securus Files Suit Alleging FDOC Improperly Entered into Prison Phone Contract by Chad Marks by Chad Marks In a lawsuit filed on January 29, 2019, Securus Technologies, Inc., one of the nation’s two largest prison telecom companies, accused the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) of ignoring provisions of the Florida …
New Mexico Medical Technician Wins $150,000 Jury Award for Abuse by Jailers by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Estrella Tenorio was a nurse’s aide/medical technician employed by for-profit contractor HealthCare Partners, Inc. (HCP). HCP specializes in providing medical services to prisoners. Tenorio’s first assignment was at a jail located near …
Pennsylvania DOC, Mental Health Contractor Settle Wrongful Death Suit for $27,500 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) have agreed to pay $15,000 to the estate of a mentally ill prisoner who was killed after being attacked by another prisoner …
Hope v. Welty, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 it GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS In full and complete consideration of the payment by Coverys Specialty Insurance Company of the sum of Six Thousand Five Hundred Eleven Dollars ($6,511.00), the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, I, Gregory Hope …
Wilson v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2019
Centurion 000490
FILED
1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
Santa Fe County
3/14/2019 4:48 PM
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Seventh Circuit Vacates, Remands Punitive Damages Award Against Wexford by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has remanded a prisoner’s lawsuit against Wexford Health Sources, Inc., the healthcare provider for Illinois’ Department of Corrections, for either a reduced punitive damages award or a new trial …
. PrisonHealthServices, Inc., 769 F.2d 700 (11th Cir. 1985). Thus, the Court concluded that this claim against Plummer in his official capacity was really a suit against the County, so it also survived
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, 2018, I filed the
foregoing using the Court's CM/ECF system. This document is available for viewing and
downloading via the CM/ECF system.
Respectfully Submitted,
Sarah R. Marmor
George D. Sax
Morgan G
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to the private
sector, exemplified by the growth of the privateprison industry; and (2) the imposition
of fines and fees on mostly low-income defendants to fund the criminal legal system.
States and local
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that the county’s private correctional healthcare provider at the time, Corizon Health, had secured three no-bid renewals of its county contract while also donating $110,000 to Ahern’s campaign
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scanned into the Corizon computer system. This was never produced.
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The results of the 6/13/2018 EKG taken at ASPC Tucson, Rincon Unit.
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Brown v. Obaisi, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019
6783 MRS/PJS/CMS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
DAVID BROWN,
Plaintiff,
vs.
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by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(hereinafter "CMS"). Released Parties and their insurers reserve the right to disclose such
information as they deem necessary in the course of any subsequent
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;The Court must place a clear and focused light on what is happening here: the State turned to a privatecontractor which has been unable to meet the prisoner’s health care needs.”
Throughout 2018
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Tennessee: Class-Action Suit Against PrivatePrison Over Diabetic Care Can Proceed
by
In October 2018, a federal district court declined to dismiss a class-action lawsuit that claimed
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Harvey v. Duncan, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS In full and complete consideration of the payment by Coverys Specialty Insurance Company of the sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, I, Bryant Harvey, Jr. (the …
Document#: 14 Filed: 01/28/19 Page 2 of 22 PagelD #:83
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND ARMORCORRECTIONALHEALTHSERVICES, INC., states as
follows:
Introduction
l.
Adam Gill was permanently disabled in a Lake
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Beard v. Obaisi, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 FULL AND FINAL RELEASE For the sole and only consideration of SEVENTY THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($70,000.00) (hereinafter usettlement amount"), paid by on behalf of WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, I, DONALD E. BEARD, …
