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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 …

Cornell Company - The Prison Industry's Enron

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

Filed under: Work Release, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Financing, Cornell Corrections, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, State Legislation

, namely Cornell Corrections. Hicks seized the opportunity. On August 14, 2001 Municipal Corrections Finance LP. (a Cornell/Provident creation) purchased eleven prisons from Cornell who promptly leased ...

Summary Judgment for Private Physician Reversed

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

Filed under: Private Contractors, Civil Procedure, Defenses, Qualified Immunity, Contractor Liability, Civil Commitment

Summary Judgment for Private Physician Reversed by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment to a private physician under contract with the county, holding that contract services provided to the county constituted state action. The court also held that qualified immunity was categorically …

Our Sisters' Keepers

Article • February 15, 1999 • from PLN February, 1999

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Sexual Harassment, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women

Our Sisters' Keepers by Daniel Burton-Rose No one can imagine. What it's like. Not unless you've gone through it. Christina Foos has. While incarcerated in a for-profit prison in Arizona, Christina says she was accosted by a guard, Ernesto Rivas, as she stepped out of the shower in March of …

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