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Article • August 15, 2008
Kentucky County Settles Loss of Consortium Suit for Undisclosed Amount by Phillip D. Hurst, a Kentucky prisoner, was taking prescribed methadone. When he returned one night to a Lexington County work release center in an intoxicated state, he was examined by two nurses who thought he was experiencing diabetes-related symptoms. …
Pharmacy. Allcare provides prescription drugs and other medical services to prisoners in the Arkansas Department of Correc-tions through a subcontract with Correctional Medical Services (CMS). Malone ...
Article • July 15, 2008
Medical Services (CMS) for defamation of character after being fired over baseless accusations of one alleged eyewitness. The jury awarded them $50,000 collectively. After holding a door open for a guard ...
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 ...
Article • May 15, 2008
No CMS Liability for Denying Treatment for Dislocated Shoulder by The plaintiff said he dislocated his previously injured shoulder in his sleep. At 511: "For purposes of this case ...
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 ...
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 ...
. 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 ...
Article • January 15, 2008
that had been removed to federal court. Missouri prisoner Edward Moore successfully sued Correctional Medical Services (CMS) for deliberate indifference to his serious dental needs. A jury awarded Moore ...
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
Filed under: CMS, Medical, Diabetes, Amputations
Wyoming and CMS Settle Suit Over Diabetic Prisoner’s Loss of Foot by Matthew Clarke Wyoming and CMS Settle Suit Over Diabetic Prisoner's Loss of Foot by Matthew T. Clarke In June 2006, CMS ...
(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 ...
units of the antibiotic Rifampin to give to all 146 potentially exposed prisoners and 27 staff at the jail. Healthcare at the Gwinnett facility is contracted through Prison Health Services. Another ...
and mental health treatment, which is provided under contract with Correctional Medical Services (CMS). DOJ?s investigation found ?inadequate sick call systems in place, which directly interferes ...
deaths and injuries caused by the inept care provided by Correctional Medical Services (CMS) and its previous medical contractor, First Correctional Medical. Taylor's testimony comes in one of many ...
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
was pregnant. Correctional Health Services (CHS), the jail's contract medical provider, confirmed the pregnancy but declined Doe's immediate and repeated request to be transported to a hospital for an elective ...
Michigan Prisons: Another CMS Failure in Privatized Prisoner Health Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Another state prison system that subjected itself to the experiment ...
to dehydration. [See related article in this issue of PLN, Michigan Prisons: Another Failure in Privatized Prisoner Health Care]. To remedy its medical treatment deficiencies, MDOC proposed a two-phase study ...
in the provision of mental health care. [See related article in this issue of PLN, Michigan Prisons: Another Failure in Privatized Prisoner Health Care]. The first two sentences of the Court's order, written by U.S ...
Article • May 15, 2007
to enjoin Missouri from attaching a § 1983 judgment for incarceration costs. Missouri prisoner Edward Moore successfully sued Correctional Medical Services (CMS) for deliberate indifference to his serious ...
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS
Reporter Sues CMS for Defamation by An investigative reporter published an article critical of the defendants; they responded; the plaintiff sued them for defamation and interference in his ...
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