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Brief • July 25, 2023
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Padilla v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2023 Centurion 003145 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE ...
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Filed under: Corizon, Centurion
healthcare contractor effective July 25, 2023. County Manager Julie Morgas Baca sent word to YesCare – the corporate descendant of Corizon Health – on January 26, 2023, pulling the plug two years ...
Brief • July 11, 2023
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Lovato v. MTC Medical, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2023 Centurion 003068 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ...
Brief • July 9, 2023
’ fees and costs. NATURE OF THE ACTION 1. As detailed below, JPay, Inc. (“JPAY”) has engaged in a scheme to intentionally deprive Plaintiffs and the members of the putative class, who are all inmates ...
Brief • July 9, 2023
’ fees and costs. NATURE OF THE ACTION 1. As detailed below, JPay, Inc. (“JPAY”) has engaged in a scheme to intentionally deprive Plaintiffs and the members of the putative class, who are all inmates ...
Brief • July 6, 2023
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Pino v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2023 Centurion 003171 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE ...
Jama Network-Incarceration of Youths in Adult Correctional Facility and Risk of Premature Death, July 2023 JAMAIOpen,. Network Original Investigation | Public Health Incarceration of Youths in an Adult Correctional Facility and Risk of Premature Death Ian A. Silver, PhD; Daniel C. Semenza, PhD; Joseph L. Nedelec, PhD Abstract IMPORTANCE Youths …
Publication • June 29, 2023
Filed under: Centurion
FDOC and Centurion Contract Agreement 2023 CONTRACT #C3076 CONTRACT BETWEEN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND CENTURION OF FLORIDA, LLC This Contract is between the Florida Department ...
Detainee Dies After Two Days in Florida Jail Where Armor Correctional Allegedly Denied Heart Transplant Rejection Meds by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Dexter Barry, 54, waited 12 years to receive a new heart. He even moved to Jacksonville to receive the life-saving transplant in 2020. In just …
Brief • June 21, 2023
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Money/Property
Florida Bar No. 1040169 FREEDMAN NORMAND FRIEDLAND LLP 1 S.E. 3rd Avenue, Suite 1240 Miami, Florida 33131 Telephone: (305) 971-5943 csmeryage@fnf.law nthakker@fnf.law Counsel for Plaintiff JPay, Inc ...
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
of drugs that cause uterine contractions. These contractions can be more painful than those of spontaneous labor and carry a higher risk of soft tissue tears. NaphCare, the Alabama-based private firm ...
Armor Correctional Healthcare Denies Liability in Detainee’s Death From Missed Medication at Duval County Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a statement to a local Jacksonville news station on June 6, 2023, the healthcare provider for at the Duval County Jail denied wrongdoing in the death of a …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Corizon Bankruptcy Threatens $6.4 Million Award to Family of Michigan Prisoner Whose Five-Day Jail Term Turned Into Death Sentence by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On December 5, 2022 ...
Publication • 2023
The Wexford Companies- Medical Guidelines-- New Mexico (2023) THE WEXFORD COMPANIES Medical Guidelines Region: New Mexico The Wexford Companies 501 Holiday Drive Suite 300 Pittsburgh, PA 15220 Phone: 412-937-8590 WEXFORD MILLER 000649 Medical Guidelines Region: New Mexico Corporate Authorization This Medical Guidelines has been reviewed and approved by the following …
MTC Accused of Parole Programming Scam at Texas Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Utah-based Management and Training Corporation (MTC) faces allegations of breach of contract in Texas ...
of a custom or practice to use the Four-Way to physically abuse detainees. Both the city and its private contractor could be held liable for such policies and customs, under Monell v. Dep’t of Soc. Servs ...
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
the Supremacy Clause. Since ICE relies almost exclusively on private prisons to house detainees, the Court said that “AB 32 would override the federal government’s decision to use private contractors ...
Former CoreCivic Guard Pleads Guilty to Deprivation of Tennessee Prisoner’s Rights by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On April 8, 2022, a former supervising guard at a private prison ...
Brief • March 29, 2023
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
No. 1:20-CV-01398 MV/LF NEW MEXICO CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT; CORIZON HEALTH, INC.; CENTURION CORRECTIONAL HEAL TH CARE OF NM; DENTRUST NEW MEXICO P.C.; WEXFORD HEAL TH, INC.; DR. KAPIL GREW AL; DR. BERNIDA ...
of County Commissioners of Florida’s Citrus County voted to deduct $116,250 off its December 2022 bill from private prison operator CoreCivic to run the county jail. The fine represents a daily fee ...
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