Texas prisoner’s death casts spotlight on privatized health care
Source: Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, October 27, 2016 With five prison guards on his back, Michael Sabbie takes a blast of pepper spray point-blank to the face. Guards then frog-march him to a nurse for...
View ArticleEast Baton Rouge Parish Prison nurses speak out against Holden’s...
Source: Sam Karlin, Baton Rouge Business Report, November 9, 2016 A group of nurses is hoping the Metro Council will reject at today’s meeting a plan by Mayor Kip Holden to privatize management of East...
View ArticleShortage of medical staff plagues Milwaukee jails
Source: Jacob Carpenter, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, October 29, 2016 The private contractor responsible for medical care at Milwaukee County’s jails has failed to meet basic standards of care and...
View ArticleAnother death at Eloy migrant-detention center
Source: Daniel Gonzalez, Arizona Republic, November 28, 2016 Another detainee from the deadliest immigration detention center in the nation died this week. The detainee, a 36-year-old woman from...
View ArticleAn Input Adjustment Method for Challenging Privatization: A Case from...
Source: Roland Zullo, Labor Studies Journal, December 17, 2016 Abstract: I investigate the feasibility of completely privatizing prison physical and mental health service. The study is based on bid...
View ArticleLawsuit: Understaffing Leads to Insufficient Care for Diabetic Inmates at...
Source: Steven Hale, Nashville Scene, February 9, 2017 Since it opened a little more than a year ago, Tennessee’s newest and largest prison has been a mess. Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in...
View Article124 Illinois prison nurses get layoff notices
Source: John O’Connor, Associated Press, March 21, 2017 Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration has told 124 prison nurses that their jobs are being privatized, a move their union blasted Tuesday...
View ArticleWrongful Death Suit Filed Against Tulsa County Jail Mental Health Provider
Source: News On 6, March 14, 2017 The estate of a Tulsa County jail inmate who died after a suicide attempt last March filed a wrongful death suit on Monday. Nathan Bradshaw’s estate cited negligence...
View ArticleCorizon ordered to pay attorneys’ fees
Source: Phaedra Haywood, The New Mexican, March 21, 2017 A state district judge has ruled that Corizon Health, which formerly oversaw medical care for New Mexico prison inmates, must pay legal fees for...
View ArticleLawmaker to Rick Scott: Restore order in privately run women’s prison
Source: Mary Ellen Klas, Tampa Bay Times, March 24, 2017 Warning that inmate health and safety is at risk at the state’s largest privately run women’s prison, Rep. David Richardson asked Gov. Rick...
View ArticleIndiana Dept. of Corrections Cancels Contract with Healthcare Provider
Source: WFHB, March 20, 2017 The Indiana Department of Corrections has discontinued its contract with Corizon Health, the private corporation that handles most of the state’s inmate healthcare. Corizon...
View ArticlePrison violations led to amputations and death, Idaho inmates say
Source: Associated Press, March 27, 2017 Idaho inmates are asking a federal judge to penalize the state after saying prison officials repeatedly violated a settlement plan in a long-running lawsuit...
View ArticleLawsuit: ‘Systemic failures’ led to Randall County jail injury
Source: Robert Stein, Amarillo Globe-News, March 29, 2017 A recent civil lawsuit alleges a “systemic failure” to provide medical care by Randall County jail officials led to a detainee suffering...
View ArticleOfficials Ruled Inmate’s ‘Boiling’ Death An Accident. But Documents Show They...
Source: Matt Ferner, Huffington Post, March 29, 2017 The June 2012 death of Darren Rainey, an inmate at the Dade Correctional Institution in South Florida, attracted national attention after other...
View ArticleCounty lawsuit claims jail medical service company at fault
Source: Martha Bellisle, Associated Press, April 1, 2017 Inmates and their families are suing Pierce County after they or their loved ones suffered medical problems or died at the jail, and in turn,...
View ArticleConcerns Raised About Health-Care Contractor at Clarke County Jail
Source: Blake Aued, Flagpole, April 26, 2017 At least one commissioner and activists are raising questions about the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office’s choice of a contractor to provide medical care at...
View ArticleLow Staffing Levels at Arizona Prisons Could Lead to Big Fines
Source: Jimmy Jenkins, KJZZ, August 9, 2017 A federal judge will appoint an outside expert to address low health care staffing levels in Arizona prisons and could soon issue economic sanctions against...
View ArticleNurse says she was fired for missing work during Hurricane Irma
Source: Lauren Seabrook, WFTV.com, September 21, 2017 Hurricane Irma hit Leesburg, Florida, hard, and resident Ami Honea’s neighborhood has piles of debris to prove it. Just before the storm blew...
View ArticleThey thought they were going to rehab. They ended up in chicken plants
Source: Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter, Reveal News, October 4, 2017 Across the country, judges increasingly are sending defendants to rehab instead of prison or jail. These diversion courts...
View ArticleExclusive: Nursing Home Sought Help From Lobbyist Friend Of Governor
Source: Jim Defede, CBS Miami, November 3, 2017 State officials intended to permanently shut down the now infamous The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills in 2014, when a lobbyist with deep ties...
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