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Youngstown Case Reveals New Legal Issues for Prisoner Advocates, State Correctional Agencies and Private Prison Companies
Loaded on March 15, 2000
by Al Gerhardstein
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2000, page 1
As the number of prisoners in private lock-ups continue to increase, lawsuits filed by them, not unexpectedly, are also on the rise. While that is no surprise to corrections professionals and litigators, what is new are some of the legal theories being pressed and the entities named as defendants. This …
Filed under:
Out of State Transfers,
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
HIV/AIDS,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Medical Records,
Escapes,
Failure to Protect (General),
Eighth Amendment,
Attorney Fee Awards,
Injunctions (PLRA),
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Civil Procedure,
Damages,
Settlements,
Defenses,
State Law Claims,
Standing,
Parties,
Qualified Immunity,
Contractor Liability,
Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death).
Location:
Ohio.
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- New Folsom Year Long Lockdown, by Willie Wisely
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