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Who’s Monitoring Prison Medical Contract Requirements in New Jersey? No One

Article • March 15, 2008 • from PLN March, 2008

Filed under: CMS, Contractor Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Dental Care, Medical Records, Conditions of Confinement, Staffing

bids were submitted, and CMS was awarded the contract over Prison Health Services. The new contract, valued at a not-to-exceed $168 million over two years, went into effect April 1, 2005. The OIG's ...

New Jersey District Court: Reargument Granted in PHS Negligence Claim

Article • January 15, 2008

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Medication, Civil Procedure, Expert Witnesses, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

that the failure of Prison Health Services (PHS) to monitor her lithium levels fell under the common knowledge exception of N.J.Stat.Ann. § 2A:53A-27, and granted her motion for reargument. Upon admission to New ...

County, Contractor Settle Diabetic New Jersey Prisoner’s Death for $700,000

Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007

Filed under: Correctional Health Services, Medical, Diabetes, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

, New Jersey, and Correctional Health Services (CHS) paid $700,000 to settle with the family of a man who died from insulin deficiency after being misdiagnosed at a county jail. Henry Sipp was arrested ...

New Jersey Supreme Court Orders DOC to Codify Prisoner Healthcare Responsibilities

Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007

Filed under: CMS, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Hepatitis, Civil Procedure, Disclosure of Records

(positive) were errantly entered into his medical records by NJDOC?s medical contractor, St. Louis-based Correctional Medical Services (CMS), as ?negative.? When he tried to see his lab results, J.D.A ...

$4 Million Settlement In Rape and Beating Death of Mentally Ill New Jersey Prisoner

Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007

Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Prison Health Services, Prison/Jail Murders, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

was also raped somewhere in the course of being beaten to death. Seidel's daughters, Devra Seidel and Sharon Clark, sued the County, Prison Health Services (the jail's medical provider), and Steininger ...

Need for New Prosthesis is Serious Medical Need

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Correctional Health Services, Discrimination, Disabled Prisoners, Private Contractors

to a serious medical need. This action was filed by a pretrial detainee against officials at New Jersey's Cape May County Jail and employees of Correctional Health Services (CHS). The detainee, a dual amputee ...

Public Right To Judicial Proceedings Outweighs Private Parties' Confidentiality Agreements

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Private Prisons, Settlements, Disclosure of Records

Public Right To Judicial Proceedings Outweighs Private Parties' Confidentiality Agreements by Public Right To Judicial Proceedings Outweighs Private Parties' Confidentiality Agreements East Coast Media Companies appealed a sealing order by New Jersey Superior Court's Law Division for private parties' contractual agreements and court documents relating to an alternative dispute resolution. …

CMS Liable as State Actor For Denying HCV Care in NJ

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: CMS, Medical, Private Contractors, Hepatitis, Parties, Contractor Liability

CMS Liable as State Actor For Denying HCV Care in NJ by The plaintiff complained about his medical care, reciting a long and tortured history of his treatment and non-treatment for Hepatitis ...

Plaintiffs May Opt Out of Esmor Brutality Class Action

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Private Prisons, Esmor/CSC, Class Certification, Class Notice, Immigration

Plaintiffs May Opt Out of Esmor Brutality Class Action by In litigation against the operator of a notorious private immigration facility (one certified class action and two individual actions which appear to have multiple plaintiffs), the class members were so difficult to locate that the court questions whether the case …

Aliens May Sue Private Detention Companies Under ATCA

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Esmor/CSC, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Prison Rebellion, Systemic Medical Neglect, Strip Searches, Totality of Conditions, Food, Overcrowding, Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Supplies, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Class Certification, Limitations, Discovery, Fair Labor Standards Act, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, RLUIPA, Alien Tort Claims Act, Immigration, Contractor Liability, Sovereign Immunity, Religious Diet, Denial of Religious Services

plaintiffs could establish an ATCA claim against Esmor and the Esmor Officers. Plaintiffs conceded that their Bivens claims for constitutional violations against Esmor were barred by Correctional Services ...

Court Rules on Consolidated Suits against CMS in New Jersey

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: CMS, Medical, Medication, Private Contractors, Medical Records, Failure to Treat, Malpractice

Court Rules on Consolidated Suits against CMS in New Jersey by The court disposes of summary judgment motions in 15 consolidated cases concerning medical care provided by Correctional ...

CSC Alien Abuse Class Action Settled for $2.5 Million

Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006

Filed under: Esmor/CSC, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Strip Searches, Body Cavity Searches, Totality of Conditions, Attorney Fee Awards, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Class Certification, Immigration

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 ...

Michigan Youth Prison Closed But Problems Continue

Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006

Filed under: Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Staffing, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, State Legislation

Michigan Youth Prison Closed But Problems Continue by Michael Rigby During its six years of operation, the Michigan Youth Correctional Facility has been criticized over abuse, suicide attempts, and a policy of filling beds at the maximum-security prison with low level offenders. But even after its closure, the privately run …

Summary Judgment for CMS/NJ DOC Reversed in Physical Therapy Suit

Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005

Filed under: CMS, Surgery, Muscular, Civil Procedure, Expert Witnesses

Summary Judgment for CMS/NJ DOC Reversed in Physical Therapy Suit by A New Jersey state appellate court issued an unpublished opinion reversing a lower court's grant of summary judgment ...

New Jersey DOC Liable for Prisoner Death Caused by CMS

Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005

Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS, Blood, Malpractice (Attorneys), Parties, Contractor Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

New Jersey DOC Liable for Prisoner Death Caused by CMS by Robert Woodman by Robert H. Woodman The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, partly affirming a New Jersey prisoner's ...

Suits in Michigan and New Jersey Seek to Force HCV Treatment

Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004

Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS, Hepatitis, Americans with Disabilities Act

Jersey and Michigan contract their state prison medical program to for-profit Correctional Medical Services, Inc. (CMS), based in St. Louis, Missouri. The tension of this arrangement is obvious: states ...

PHS Liable for Denying Insulin to Diabetic New Jersey Jail Prisoner

Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Medical Misconduct, Medical, Medication, Diabetes, Stroke, State Law Claims, Expert Witnesses

incarcerated. During booking at the Camden County Correctional Facility (CCCF), Natale was seen by employees of Prison Health Services (PHS), a private company providing health care services at CCCF. Natale ...

Prisons Nationwide Fail to Treat HCV Epidemic

Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004

Filed under: CMS, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Hepatitis

Prisons Nationwide Fail to Treat HCV Epidemic by John E Dannenberg Prisons Nationwide Fail To Treat HCV Epidemic by John E. Dannenberg The JeopardyTM answer is: "The national average treatment rate for HCV-infected prisoners." The winning question is: "What is approximately 1%?" With HCV [Hepatitis-C] infection rates in state prisons …

CCA Abuse Goes Unpunished at New Jersey INS Detention Center

Article • February 15, 2004 • from PLN February, 2004

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Racial Discrimination, Hunger Strikes, Sanitation, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Civil Procedure, Damages, Trials, Immigration

records, and he remained tied down for hours. A former employee of TransCor America _ a prison transportation company and subsidiary of CCA testified that he saw "a bootprint" on Dafali's face shortly ...

America's Prisons Turn a Blind Eye to HCV Epidemic

Article • August 15, 2003 • from PLN August, 2003

Filed under: CMS, Workplace Injury, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Medical Records, Hepatitis, Contagious Disease -- Misc., Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Employee Litigation

prison system and its contract medical care provider, Correctional Medical Services (CMS), to properly diagnose and treat HCV infected prisoners. The Inquirer reported that its investigation revealed ...

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