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The Victorian Coroners Court has just completed public hearings in a coronial inquest into the death of Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman Veronica Nelson. Chris Slee reports.

The state of Kentucky and a company that provides medical care in its state prisons have reached an undisclosed settlement with the widow of a man who

A doctor responsible for medical checks on an Indigenous inmate before she was found dead has admitted to making a litany of errors after major failings with his paperwork were identified.

Five organizations focused on protecting children and their access to mental health treatment have called on Gov. Chris Sununu and executive councilors to reject the state’s proposed contract with Wellpath Recovery Solutions to provide psychiatric care to children at Hampstead Hospital. 

A woman being held at the San Juan County jail says medical staff at the facility have repeatedly denied her requests for care and medicine to treat her chronic health conditions. In a tort claim noti...

Strain held previous executive roles at Logan’s Roadhouse

Gerard Boyle pleaded guilty to bribing former Norfolk Sheriff Bob McCabe, who was convicted on corruption charges earlier this year.

Board to vote on jail suicide case settlement By: Alex Szwarc | C&G Newspapers | Published April 15, 2021 Advertisement MACOMB COUNTY — After emerging from closed session, a case involving a death at the Macomb County Jail is closer to being settled. At the April 7 Macomb County Board of Commissioners Government Oversight Committee meeting, the commission unanimously approved a motion involving a settlement. The item will now be forwarded to full board, where a fi...

1 month ago in Local fazzaratta Photo: 560 WGAN Newsradio WARREN, Maine (AP) The father of a man who died at a Maine State Prison in 2018 has alleged in a wrongful death lawsuit that his son’s health care provider failed to properly treat him. According to the complaint, 51-year-old Andrew Leighton sought medical attention five times between July 31 and when he was found unresponsive in his cell on Oct. 1. Ba...

Aging Inmates Squeeze Health-Care Budgets As prisoners get older and develop expensive health problems, states are looking for ways to cut costs. Caroline Cournoyer   |   March 2011 Prison, it’s been said, is a microcosm of society. In the case of health care, that is certainly true. Just like the rest of us, the prison population is getting older and, as a result, sicker. They need more -- and more expensive -- health care, which they have a right to r...