Correctional facilities are vulnerable settings for spreading infection and incarcerated people have been disproportionately impacted by the novel coronavirus. Prisons across the country are now facing allegations of negligence for their handling of medical care for COVID-19 within inmate populations. As you prepare litigation related to COVID-19 within prisons, it will be essential to consult with a correctional medicine expert witness who may opine on the specific practices and challenges to incarcerated medical attention.
A correctional medicine expert witness can discuss:
Pandemic planning and contagion protocols within prisons
Quarantine practices for prison medical facilities
Vulnerabilities for spreading COVID-19 in a prison setting
Challenges related to supply shortages (ventilators, masks, gloves, gowns)
Changes to correctional care protocols brought on by COVID-19
Criteria for early releases of at-risk prisoners
Social distancing rules, PPE, and sanitation available to inmates
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This mental health expert is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and the Associate Director of a forensic psychiatry fellowship program for a large public university in Colorado. Much of his work has focused on the mental health of prison inmates, with a particular emphasis on the effects of solitary confinement. The expert earned his M.D. from the University of Maryland Medical School and completed his psychiatric internship/residency at the University of Colorado Health ...
This highly qualified expert is board certified in emergency medicine. He received his medical degree from the State University of New York, Syracuse. He completed his medical internship at Scripps Mercy hospital and residency at UC San Diego where he also completed a two year hospital administrative fellowship. He also holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from University of California, Irvine. He has served as Senior Medical Officer, Healthcare Reform at ...
This highly qualified Correctional Healthcare expert received an associates and bachelors degree in Nursing. He is certified as a correctional healthcare professional and a member of the national commission on correctional healthcare. He has more than 20 years of correctional nursing experience and is currently the director of nursing services for a 3,600 bed state correctional facility....
This board-certified and fellowship-trained expert has over 20 years of experience as a family medicine physician. Previously elected as a Fellow for the Research Committee in the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, she has worked on several active and former research projects focusing on cultural competency of physicians. She previously served in positions for community centers, a correctional facility, and a Planned Parenthood clinic. She currently serves as ...
This qualified expert of Nephrology, Dialysis and Apheresis obtained his BA from New York University and his MD with Honors from the University of Brussels Medical School. He completed his Internship in Surgery and his Residency in Medicine from the Booth Memorial Medical Center and his Fellowship in Nephrology from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is Board Certified in Nephrology and Internal Medicine and is a member of multiple Nephrology, Apheresis and ...
This case involves a woman that was incarcerated for one week at a correctional facility for women. She was pregnant at the time and the jail was aware of this. On the last day of her incarceration, the woman complained of…
This case involves a patron at a restaurant who swallowed a foreign object that accidentally fell into her food. As per the medical records, the patient suffered damage to her esophageal lining, including soft tissue tears along the lining and comorbid infections.…
This case involves a 24-year-old female schizophrenic inmate who died at a state mental hospital after being tackled by an orderly. Prior to her incarceration, she had been successfully treated with Risperdal for 2 years. Although it was acknowledged that the…
This case involves an incarcerated woman with a past medical history of spinal arthritis who was admitted to the hospital for several days with an acute gastrointestinal bleed. While being treated for the gastrointestinal bleed, the patient complained of lower back…
This case involves an incarcerated woman who presented with complaints of headaches. She was seen by a correctional physician who diagnosed her with a chronic pain disorder. Within a few weeks, the patient was complaining of severe headaches. She was…
This case involves a number of a prison inmates who were exposed to airborne particulates in high concentrations during renovations to the prison facilities. The prison administration contracted with a professional coating contractor to use a particular kind of poylmer coating to…
This case involves the death of the Plaintiff’s brother at a jail in Hawaii. The brother was being treated with methadone for pain resulting from an arm injury a couple of years earlier. At some point, he was overdosed with the methadone,…
This case involves a female prison inmate who suffered serious injuries from a ruptured appendix while she was serving time in a county correctional facility. The Plaintiff first presented to the prison infirmary with complaints of severe, radiating pain in her abdomen.…
A forensic toxicology expert witness for the defense opines on a case involving a prison inmate who tested positive for marijuana use, claiming that the results of a drug test were faulty. The plaintiff is an inmate at a federal…
