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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
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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
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PrisonHealthServices (PHS), a private for-profit company that provides medical care to prisoners, has agreed
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and Jacqueline Overturf, were being held at the Brush Correctional Facility, a privateprison operated by GRWCorp., when they were sexually assaulted by prison guard Russell E. Rollison. They filed a lawsuit
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PrisonHealthServices (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
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Virginia DOC Contract with PrisonHealthServices, 2008
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PhysicianServices, 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
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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 …
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
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"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 privateprisons for years.
Source: Richmond Times
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Virginia: Stun Gun Implicated In Death, CMS Implicated In Coverup
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by Michael Rigby
Documents filed as part of a $204 million lawsuit directly, contradict the
Virginia Department
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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
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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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