For incarcerated populations, access to healthcare for both physical and mental illness is an uphill battle. The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated this struggle— as evidenced by prisons across the country now facing lawsuits alleging negligent management of the novel virus. As you prepare litigation related to mental health care mismanagement in a prison setting, it will be essential to consult a correctional mental health expert witness to opine on the standard of care for incarcerated treatment.
A correctional mental health expert witness can discuss:
Mental health resources for inmates
Impact of COVID-19 on prison health care access
Social distancing rules, PPE, and sanitation available to inmates
Pandemic planning and contagion protocols within prisons
Quarantine practices for prison medical facilities
Challenges related to supply shortages (ventilators, masks, gloves, gowns)
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This highly-qualified expert has nearly 15 years of experience in the field of psychiatry, specializing in forensic psychiatry, correctional psychiatry, and addiction medicine. He earned his BS in biology from the University of Virginia before earning his MD from Tulane University. He subsequently completed an internship at Georgetown University Hospital, a residency at Johns Hopkins University, and a fellowship in forensic psychiatry at the University of California at ...
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 expert has extensive experience in residential operations for correctional and treatment settings. He entered the field in the late 1970s, serving as the Director of Juvenile Services for Massachusetts Halfway Houses. More recently, the expert was the Director of Quality Assurance for the Department of Juvenile Services in Baltimore and the Quality Assurance Manager with Spectrum Health Systems Inc. He has dealt with operations in prison, substance abuse treatment, ...
This expert began his professional career within the field of behavioral health in 1989 while working towards the obtainment of his undergraduate degree in Psychology. Since his graduation in 1991 he has worked in progressively responsible positions within mental/behavioral health, criminogenic, and substance abuse treatment modalities.
This expert has served as the Program Director and Primary Therapist for a Long Term Trauma Recovery Program, as the Program ...
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Stelman v. United States Citation: 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 129420 The plaintiff claims prison medical staff inadequately managed her Crohn’s disease. Her gastroenterology expert…
This case involves a Federal Civil Rights action against a jail that subjected a mentally ill inmate to habitual abuse. The inmate was put in isolation would routinely be denied food and clothes. He was restrained for prolonged periods of time…
This case involves a 23-year old male victim of human trafficking with a history of psychosis and multiple suicide attempts. He presented to the emergency room late one evening after overdosing on antidepressants. The patient was admitted to an internal medicine floor with psychiatry…
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 the death of an inmate at a federal prison in Missouri. At the time of the incident in question, the man had been placed in restrictive housing under suicide watch after he had participated in a violent…
This psychopharmacology case involves a male inmate who committed suicide while incarcerated at the defendant correctional facility in Colorado. At the time of the incident in question, he was receiving psychological care for suicidal tendencies, including attempting to hurt himself on…
This case involves a patient who was admitted to hospital after displaying erratic and violent behavior at his parent’s home. Upon admission, it was observed that the patient was suffering from critical physical and psychological conditions and required professional psychiatric…
