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Hughes et al v. Judd et al, FL, Conclusions of Law and Findings of Facts, juvenile jail Corizon mental medical neglect, 2015
Case 8:12-cv-00568-SDM-MAP Document 548 Filed 04/16/15 Page 1 of 182
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and secure environment to detainees” at BTC for more than a decade, the company wrote in a letter to the Sun-Sentinel when asked to comment on the lawmakers’ remarks.
Yet a federal inspection found
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A student-led coalition against naming the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) football stadium after privateprison firm GEO Group claimed victory in April 2013, when the company withdrew its $6 million
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industry is CommunityEducationCenters (CEC), a New Jersey-based for-profit company that manages jails, prisons and transitional centers throughout the United States. The firm operates six large halfway
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City of Pembroke Pines v. Corrections Corporation of America, FL, Order, City not obligated to service CCA prison, 2014 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17Th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 12-7337(25) CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES, Plaintiff, vs. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC. a foreign …
Florida: Sheriff’s Office and Medical Provider Pay $1 Million for Prisoner’s Death
by Gary Hunter
In July 2013, ArmorCorrectionalHealthServices agreed to settle a wrongful death suit
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incentives in our criminal justice system has grown. Privateprison corporations such as Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group have come under increasing scrutiny and pressure for cutting corners
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Disability Rights Florida v. Crews, FL, Complaint, Wexford Mental Health Class Action, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-23323-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/09/2014 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION DISABILITY RIGHTS FLORIDA, INC., on Behalf of its Clients and Constituents, Plaintiff, vs. Case …
Florida Prisoner Awarded $1.2 Million for Burn Injuries by Florida Prisoner Awarded $1.2 Million for Burn Injuries A Florida jury has awarded a prisoner $1.2 million in a negligence suit against the GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest for-profit prison company, following a trial that was delayed more than a year …
to Christie’s estate.
The jail’s for-profit medical contractor, PrisonHealthServices (PHS), now known as Corizon, was named as a defendant in the federal lawsuit and included in the settlement agreement
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Spinelli, an employee with ArmorCorrectionalHealthServices, the jail’s private medical contractor, about the rape and her need to take the prescribed anti-conception pill to ensure she did not become
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Florida Prisons End Religious Diet Accommodation by The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has ended a four-year-long program that provided Jewish and Muslim prisoners with meals that satisfy their religious requirements. Originally, the program was aimed solely at Jewish prisoners. Costs and fairness were cited as the factors to end …
of PrisonHealthServices and Correctional Medical Services – would be paid $229 million annually to provide care for prisoners in Florida's northern and central regions (FDOC Regions I, II and III), while
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CCA Pays $100,000 after Exiting Contract to Operate Florida Jail by A mediation agreement between Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and Hernando County, Florida has resolved a dispute over $1.86 million after CCA and the county ended their contract for operation of the Hernando County Detention Center (HCDC), which CCA …
verdict that found Corizon Health, Inc., formerly PrisonHealthServices (PHS), had a policy or custom of refusing to send prisoners to hospitals. The appellate court also held it was reasonable
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Florida Town Rallies to Stop CCA Immigration Detention Facility by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Residents in a South Florida community near a proposed 1,500-bed privately-operated immigration detention center waged a successful yearlong opposition campaign that culminated in the cancellation of the project in June 2012. Corrections Corporation of …
in Balkwill’s possession months after he retired.
PHS’s lawsuit, filed in circuit court, claimed that Balkwill awarded a $9 million jail medical contract to ArmorCorrectionalHealthServices in August 2006
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