As the state continues to drag its feet in meeting settlement agreements, U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver is giving the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) 60 days to renegotiate a 2014 settlement.
The state is currently fighting $1.4 million in noncompliance fines and faces another $1.7 million for its continued failure to...Arizona News
Five years after a settlement was reached, Judge Roslyn Silver is ordering the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) to act, presenting three options: comply with the settlement, create a new settlement, or go to trial. Both parties were given until Oct. 23 to decide and inform the court.
Silver's order follows a recent report...Arizona News
Special expert appointed by U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver to review Arizona prison healthcare submitted a report on Oct. 4 recommending the state to steer clear of privatizing inmate healthcare and recommended that Silver instead override a state law requiring Arizona to contract healthcare for prisons from third parties. Following...Arizona News
Following a town hall held in downtown Phoenix on July 31 to discuss the state's prison system, Arizona Department of Corrections Director Charles Ryan announced his resignation, bringing to a close 40 years in the industry.
The town hall was littered with vehement pleas to fire the controversial director after citing various...Arizona News
Last summer Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) Director Charles Ryan was found to be in civil contempt-of-court in a federal judge ruling, but Governor Doug Ducey has continuously expressed confidence in Ryan to run Arizona prisons. At a town hall last week, various attendees called for the firing of the director after recounting...Arizona News
The state's inmate lawsuit filed in 2012 is far from a case-closed as attorneys remain unsatisfied with Arizona prison healthcare conditions and request an additional round of contempt-of-court fines for the state's continued failure to comply with settlement requirements.
According to an AP News story, attorneys challenging the...Arizona News
After years of noncompliance in inmate care, U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver threatened additional fines of more that $1 million earlier last month and now the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) is asking her to hold off on imposing the financial penalties.
The inmate lawsuit was settled in 2015, but over three years later,...Arizona News
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
U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver, the judge presiding over the Parsons v. Ryan settlement regarding the quality of inmate healthcare in Arizona prisons, appointed an expert on Thursday to examine if the state is complying with the changes ordered in the settlement agreement.
Non-compliance has been a perpetual problem in the...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...