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Former Virginia Beach Sheriff Received Insider Information on Jail Contract

Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011

Filed under: CMS, CONMED, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Medical, Private Contractors

Medical Services (CMS) were short-listed as finalists. Conmed, a publicly-traded company with operations in seven states, had won an $18 million contract for health care services at the jail in Chesapeake ...

Thou Shalt Not: Sexual Misconduct by Prison and Jail Chaplains

Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Staff-Staff Harassment, Supervisor-Staff Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Clergy, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons

Thou Shalt Not: Sexual Misconduct by Prison and Jail Chaplains by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Traditionally, the role of a chaplain in the correctional setting is to serve as a spiritual advisor to prisoners and help them meet the requirements of their religious faiths. Equally traditionally, chaplains have …

Virginia Sheriff’s Office, PHS Settle Wrongful Death Suit for $1.6 Million

Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Private Contractors, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Virginia Sheriff’s Office, PHS Settle Wrongful Death Suit for $1.6 Million by Prison Health Services (PHS), a private for-profit company that provides medical care to prisoners, has agreed ...

Sexual Abuse by Prison and Jail Staff Proves Persistent, Pandemic

Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Cornell Corrections, GRW Corp., Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution

and Jacqueline Overturf, were being held at the Brush Correctional Facility, a private prison operated by GRW Corp., when they were sexually assaulted by prison guard Russell E. Rollison. They filed a lawsuit ...

Prisoners Can Sue Virginia DOC’s Contract Medical Provider for Breach of Contract

Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Private Contractors, Skin, Prisoner Privileges, Grooming Rules, Contractor Liability

. Prison Health Services (PHS) is a contract medical provider for certain VDOC facilities. PHS’s contract requires that it “provide cost effective, quality inmate health care services for up ...

Virginia DOC Contract with Prison Health Services, 2008

Publication • April 10, 2008

Filed under: Prison Health Services, Private Contractors

Virginia DOC Contract with Prison Health Services, 2008 ATTA.t;DMENT V Illustration Off-site Serri~es Medi~l (;are Pool Risk/Reward Sharing (;oJDpntations Calculation of Annual Pool aased on Actual ...

$769,000 Awarded For Death of Asthmatic Virginia Jail Prisoner

Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006

Filed under: Correctional Physician Services, Medical, Respiratory, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

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 ...

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 …

District of Columbia May Be Liable for Prisoner's Inadequate Medical Care

Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, CMS, Medical, Skin, Muscular, Estoppell, Municipal Liability

of Corrections (VDOC), where Corrections Medical Service (CMS) provides health care under contract to VDOC. Baker sued the District of Columbia, BOP officials, GCC officials, and six medical personnel ...

Virginia Prison Vendors Lose Contracts to Out-of-State Supplier

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

Filed under: Private Prisons, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Prison Labor

. "The theoretical proposition that privatization is always better is not necessarily true," Hersch insists. Don't feel bad Jay, PLN has been saying that about private prisons for years. Source: Richmond Times ...

Virginia: Stun Gun Implicated In Death, CMS Implicated In Coverup

Article • December 15, 2003

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, CMS, Injury -- Misc., Diabetes, Excessive Force, Stun Guns/Tasers, Restraints

Virginia: Stun Gun Implicated In Death, CMS Implicated In Coverup by by Michael Rigby Documents filed as part of a $204 million lawsuit directly, contradict the Virginia Department ...

Virginia DOC Cuts Ties with CMS

Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001

Filed under: CMS, Contractor Misconduct, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect

Virginia DOC Cuts Ties with CMS by Robert Durkee Virginia DOC Cuts Ties With CMS by Robert Durkee After numerous allegations of inadequate medical care, pending prisoner lawsuits ...

CMS Fined Nearly $1 Million in Virginia

Article • December 15, 2000 • from PLN December, 2000

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, CMS, Medical Misconduct, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Dental Care, Medical Records, Contractor Liability

CMS Fined Nearly $1 Million in Virginia by Dan Pens Correctional Medical Services (CMS) contracts with the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) to provide medical care to some of its ...

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