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Rendon v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2010 Case: 1:10-cv-01590 Document #: 44 Filed: 04/30/10 Page 1 of 32 PageID #:191 09-17 KJG: car UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JANET RENDON, Independent Administrator ) of the Estate of CAROL CZUBERNAT ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) …
on to CorrectionalHealthServices, and six months later the contract was assigned to Correctional Medical Services (CMS). Vermont dumped CMS on January 31, 2005 after a series of problems, including seven in-prison
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Three Years Later, CMS Still Fails to Meet Medical Standards in Delaware
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
Despite federal oversight of its prison medical care, Delaware “continues
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Mahdi v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2010 Case 3:10-cv-00123-MJR-SCW Document 3-1 Filed 02/12/10 Page 1 of 19 Page ID #9 • , •·• IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE S/CQND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JEFFERSO N COUNTY, ILLIJ'!plS ,A- MM A- I< 1\1\f'tf-ffi I (l~ CJC(-L ~ G'3 No ............................... .. …
Prisoner Not Allowed to Sue One DOC in Another State by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Illinois held that New Mexico Department of Corrections (NMDOC) officials cannot be sued in Illinois due to lack of personal jurisdiction. Jimmy Kinslow, an NMDOC prisoner, was transferred in 1995 to the …
Court Allows Deliberate Indifference Claim for Denial of Medication to Proceed by U.S. Magistrate Judge B. Janice Ellington has allowed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action to move beyond screening. The action, brought by a former Nueces County Jail prisoner, alleges that jail officials were deliberately indifferent in providing the …
medical care is unlikely to be any different.
On January 1, 2009, another privateprison company, CommunityEducationCenters (CEC), took over GEO’s contract to operate GHCF in Delaware County. While
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$3.6 Million Settlement in Michigan Prisoner’s Segregation Cell Death by The family of Timothy Souders has agreed to accept $3.25 to settle a wrongful death claim relating to Timothy’s death. Timothy, 21, was the subject of a May 2007 PLN cover article, and a February 11, 2007, report on 60 …
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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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
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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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, 2007, an Illinois prisoner who claimed he suffered a stroke due to negligence on the part of HealthProfessionals, Ltd. a private company that contracts with the State to provide health care to prisoners
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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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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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Dallas, Texas, Jail Pays $950,000 for Neglecting Mentally Ill Prisoners by Michael Rigby On February 20, 2007, the Dallas County, Texas, Jail agreed to pay $950,000 for its negligent mistreatment of three mentally ill individuals, one of whom died, while imprisoned at the jail awaiting competency hearings. In 2004, James …
Wisconsin Jail Heart Attack Case Settled for $25,000 by Waukesha County, Wisconsin, paid a prisoner $25,000 to settle claims related to a heart attack he suffered while imprisoned. Mr. Blavat was denied his prescribed heart medication while confined in Waukesha County Jail, causing him to suffer a heart attack. Blavat …
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
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Michigan Prisons: Another CMS Failure in PrivatizedPrisoner Health Care
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
Another state prison system that subjected itself to the experiment
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