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the defendant: PrisonHealthServices/Dr. Robbins $80,000; MHM Correctional Services/Dr. McGinn $370,000; former KCF Warden Arnold Holt $300,000. The estate was represented by Southern Center for Human Rights
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Balkwill had awarded a three-year, $9 million contract to ArmorCorrectionalHealthServices after receiving gifts from the company, including expensive dinners and a fishing trip. PHS, which was providing
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prison commissaries), Wexford Health Sources, Correctional Medical Services and PrisonHealthServices.
Several privateprison officials stopped by the PCI booth, which was manned by Friedmann and PCI
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., a subsidiary of PrisonHealthServices (PHS) – were deliberately indifferent to her serious medical needs. The district court’s summary judgment ruling was based on Goebert’s failure to exhaust administrative
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Bearden v. Lippman, FL, Request to Deffendant, Mental Health Services, 2009 Combined Discovery Requests to Defendant Frank McKeithen 1. Statement: There is no indication during this time that Ms. Bearden received intensive psychological and psychiatric services within a structured inpatient setting during her last incarceration at the Bay County Jail. …
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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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Former PHS Doctor Arrested on Drug Charges
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Former PHS Doctor Arrested on Drug Charges
In July 2008, former PrisonHealthServices (PHS) employee John N. Mubang, 57, was arrested
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) has sued the sheriff of Sarasota County, Florida for awarding the jail’s health care contract to rival ArmorCorrectionalHealthServices without taking competitive bids. The lawsuit also alleges
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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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, a Florida jury found that PrisonHealthServices (PHS) was not negligent in misdiagnosing a jail prisoner’s broken neck, which left him a permanent quadriplegic. The series of events that led
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The plaintiff had no ADA or Rehabilitation Act claim because there was no evidence that he had been excluded from programs or denied other benefits afforded to others. See: Moore v. PrisonHealthServices, 24
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that PrisonHealthServices’ (PHS) failure to monitor her lithium levels fell under the common knowledge exception of N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:53A-27 and granted her motion for reargument.
Upon admission to New
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PrisonHealthServices Physician’s Assistant License Revocation Upheld
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On June 2, 2005, a Maryland court of appeals upheld the revocation of a PrisonHealthServices (PBS) Physician’s
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Georgia Suicide Claim Reinstated Against PHS
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The Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a negligence claim against PrisonHealthServices, Inc. (PHS) stemming from a 17-year
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PHS Not Liable for Prisoner Attack on Nurses
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The plaintiffs were nurses employed by PrisonHealthServices, Inc., and were attacked and beaten by a prisoner. The Supreme Court's decision
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(VP & A) has found breakdowns by staff of the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) in its furlough procedure and troubling care provided by VDOC's medical provider, PrisonHealthServices (PHS
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, the SCSO had had a contract with PrisonHealthServices (PHS) to provide medical services to prisoners in its jail. That contract was worth $2.4 million yearly. With the contract expiring on October 1
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that the failure of PrisonHealthServices (PHS) to monitor her lithium levels fell under the common knowledge exception of N.J.Stat.Ann. § 2A:53A-27, and granted her motion for reargument.
Upon admission to New
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