As the Parsons v. Ryan lawsuit continues, letters have been submitted to the court that detail improper healthcare for pregnant women and services for disabled inmates. Corizon also recently settled an EEOC case alleging it refused to accommodate employees with disabilities who exhausted their leave under Corizon's 30-day medical leave...Arizona News
Lawyers representing over 34,000 inmates, whom are challenging the quality of healthcare in Arizona's prisons, are looking for another $1.6 million from the state in additional litigations fees. Since filing the lawsuit in March of 2012, the prisoner's attorneys have incurred $6.1 million in legal costs.
Following the 2014...Arizona News
For the second time, the state of Arizona is pushing to oust federal judge David Duncan from overseeing a legal settlement demanding that Arizona improves healthcare for its inmates.
The request to remove Duncan from the settlement stemmed from his threats to hold Corrections Director Charles Ryan and Assistant Corrections Director...
Questions arose in the Parsons v. Ryan prison health care case.
Corene Kendrick with the Prison Law Office, a firm representing Arizona prisoners, questioned changes and renewal of the contract between the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) and Corizon Health for prison health care.
In a procurement document entitled...
Arizona Public Radio turned up the heat in an investigative report and later a federal judge called for a hearing for February 9 to investigate the report's allegations.
During a status hearing of Parsons v. Ryan last week (December 20) Magistrate Judge David Duncan referred to the KJZZ report which cited a former prison doctor who...