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Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Male Reproductive, Malpractice, Escapes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bribery/Extortion/Theft

prisoner phone use at the lockup, which is operated for the state DOC under contract by private prison giant CoreCivic. Lawson urged the state to assume control of the troubled prison. Texas: On June 6 ...

Sixth West Virginia Jailer Found Guilty After Detainee Death, Estate Dismisses Claims Against PrimeCare Medical Employees

Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025

Filed under: Primecare Medical, Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Wrongful Death

Sixth West Virginia Jailer Found Guilty After Detainee Death, Estate Dismisses Claims Against PrimeCare Medical Employees by A former West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation ...

West Virginia Slammed for High Costs, Low Quality of Privatized Prison Food

Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024

Filed under: Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Aramark, Corrections Audits, Food

West Virginia Slammed for High Costs, Low Quality of Privatized Prison Food by Before food service in West Virginia’s prison system was taken over by Aramark Correctional Services ...

$4 Million Settlement in Class Action Challenging Unconstitutional Conditions at West Virginia Jail

Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Primecare Medical, Totality of Conditions, Jail Specific, Bankruptcy

with graduations to a quarter share for those held 3-45 days. The settlement did not resolve Class claims against Wexford Health Services and PrimeCare Medical of West Virginia, as well as the Commissions of seven ...

Two West Virginia Jail Guards Plead Guilty in Detainee Death, Six More Charged

Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024

Filed under: Primecare Medical, Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

’ family has filed suit in the Court accusing jail healthcare contractor PrimeCare Medical of negligently causing his death with inadequate treatment after his assault. The family is represented ...

PrimeCare Bankruptcy

Brief • January 18, 2024

Filed under: Primecare Medical

OF THE SUMMERS COUNTY COMMISSION, The WYOMING COUNTY COMMISSION, JOHN/JANE DOE EMPLOYEES OF THE WYOMING COUNTY COMMISSION, PRIMECARE MEDICAL OF WEST VIRGINIA, INC., JOHN/JANE"DOE PRIMECARE EMPLOYEES, WEXFORD ...

West Virginia High Court Decides Medical Practice Liability Act Not Applicable to Prison System

Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024

Filed under: Primecare Medical, State Law Claims, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Drug Treatment/Rehab, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), State Statutes

as healthcare contractors PrimeCare Medical of West Virginia and PSIMed. McDonald was diagnosed as suicidal and suffering from seizures upon intake as a pretrial detainee on August 20, 2017. She also exhibited ...

Cabell Huntington Hospital v. WV Jail Authority, WV, Dismissal, Unpaid Medical Expenses, 2018

Brief • May 24, 2019

Filed under: Private Contractors, Medical Expenses

Cabell Huntington Hospital v. WV Jail Authority, WV, Dismissal, Unpaid Medical Expenses, 2018 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF KANAWHA COUNTY, W.EsiJi~fJ y ~!.'.'-.~ 1r:J •1 f\ I ?'4 P!dn 3,~'zs '-1. 1 CABELL HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL, INC. • •• CATHY S.G.MSGH.CLEi-;K KANAWHA coutnY CtRCUIT COURl Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 18-C-486 …

Cabell Huntington Hospital v. WV Jail Authority, WV, Complaint, Unpaid Medical Expenses, 2018

Brief • April 9, 2018

Filed under: Private Contractors, Medical Expenses

Cabell Huntington Hospital v. WV Jail Authority, WV, Complaint, Unpaid Medical Expenses, 2018 FILED IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF KANAWHA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA 2018 APR -9 AH II: 52 CABELL HUNTINGTON HOS PITAL. TNC. a West Virginia not for profit corporation. CATHY S. GA'f SOH. C ~ KANAWHA COUNTY CIRCUIT …

The Untold Story Of What Happened At An Overcrowded West Virginia Jail After The Chemical Spill

Article • June 2, 2014

Filed under: Primecare Medical, Overcrowding, Water, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

, but most did not seek medical treatment. Representatives from PrimeCare Medical, the contractor that provides healthcare for all West Virginia jails, did not respond to a request for comment. In February ...

Sexual Abuse by Prison and Jail Staff Proves Persistent, Pandemic

Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Cornell Corrections, GRW Corp., Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution

and Jacqueline Overturf, were being held at the Brush Correctional Facility, a private prison operated by GRW Corp., when they were sexually assaulted by prison guard Russell E. Rollison. They filed a lawsuit ...

Pro Se Suit against CMS and Aramark Dismissed

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Physical Injury Rule, Mootness, Contractor Liability

Pro Se Suit against CMS and Aramark Dismissed by The plaintiff's release from prison moots his request for declaratory and injunctive relief. The plaintiff's claim for "emotional ...

Private Prison Contractor Not Entitled to Immunity

Article • May 15, 2001 • from PLN May, 2001

Filed under: Private Prisons, Youth Service Systems, Contractor Liability, Suicides

Private Prison Contractor Not Entitled to Immunity by A State court of appeals in West Virginia has held that a private contractor of youth incarceration services is not entitled to immunity ...