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PrivatizedPrison Medical Care in Mississippi Still Problematic
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
Anyone looking for evidence that privatizedprison health care is a complete failure need
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Medical Care Mismanaged at Orange County, California Jail by Michael Brodheim A $36 million program designed to provide medical care to jail prisoners in Orange County, California is severely mismanaged, according to an internal performance audit. The audit found that the county Health Care Agency (HCA), which administers the jail’s …
University of Arizona Releases Report on Women Immigration Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In January 2009, the Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SWIRW) and the Bacon Immigration Law and Policy Program of the University of Arizona published a report on women held in Arizona immigration prisons. It …
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Terminal Incarceration by The short, sad lives of some detainees facing relatively minor charges end in jail. Here are three such cases. By Rob Jordan As she laid her head on her big sister's chest and listened to the heartbeats slow, Harolyn Frazier thought of opportunities lost. In the wake …
that on April 15, 2009, I electronically filed Plaintiff’s Second
Amended Complaint with the Clerk of Court using CM/ECF system which will send notification
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behind the contract terminations. What is unusual is that the contracts were canceled, as prison officials normally tolerate CMS’s substandard performance in order to save money; also, using a private
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Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington by David Reutter Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington by David M. Reutter Conditions at the federal immigration center in Tacoma, Washington, are substandard and not in compliance with national standards, “much less international …
PHS Receives Three-Year $366 Million Rikers Island Medical Care Contract Renewal Despite Non-Performance Fines for Last Three Years
by John Dannenberg
by John E. Dannenberg
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Review (PEER). It found that MDOC and its for-profit healthcare contractor, WexfordHealthServices, failed to assure that prisoners received timely access to quality medical care.
PEER stated
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Martinez v. Garcia, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2008 Case: 1:08-cv-02601 Document #: 47 Filed: 11/07/08 Page 1 of 19 PageID #:336 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JOHN MARTINEZ, Case No.: 08CV2601 Plaintiff, Judge Shadur Magistrate Judge Cole V. TAMMY GARCIA, DR. PARTHASARATHI GHOSH, DR. LATANYA …
and the Parnall Correctional Facility – is provided by a privatecontractor, Correctional Medical Services (CMS).
Despite federal court monitoring of MDOC health care, which has been ongoing since the mid
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Horton v. CCA, TN, Deposition - Perry, whistleblower mentally ill segregation negligence,2008 BRASWELL,HORTONV. CCA / DEPOOF PATRICKPERRY IN FOR - .-. I U PAGE 3 PAGE 1 SHEET 1 J IVHKI a of FRANK D. indiwidually, THE THE COURT DISTRTCT STATES DlSTRICT OF TENNESSEE UNITED MIDD]-E APPEARANCE 2 For the …
. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reacted to this increasing number of detainees by contracting with local jails and privateprison firms for additional bed space.
The expanded use of imprisonment
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tests and substance abuse treatment.
Further, the former head of mental health services for the Oklahoma Dept. of Corrections, Dr. Gail Williams, was hired by Correctional Medical Services (CMS) in 1994
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to provide insufficient staffing levels.
Although not identified individually in the report, St. Louis-based Correctional Medical Services (CMS), the state's main provider of medical care, was paid $49.2
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bids were submitted, and CMS was awarded the contract over PrisonHealthServices. The new contract, valued at a not-to-exceed $168 million over two years, went into effect April 1, 2005. The OIG's
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It was clear, however, that the DDOC?s for-profit medical vendor, Correctional Medical Services (CMS), had no plan to provide adequate staff and training. In fact, the information the Monitor received ?tends
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PrimeCareMedical, Inc., a for-profit firm, to provide jail healthcare services.
In Northampton County alone, 16 prisoner lawsuits were filed between 1999 and 2005 alleging lack of care by PrimeCare
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