Judge Replaces State Overseer of Health Care for Prisoners
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A federal judge who ruled in 2005 that Californiaâs broken prison medical care system amounted to cruel and unusual punishment dismissed the receiver who had been appointed to repair the system.
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The family of a state prison inmate from Richmond who died after dental surgery filed a federal civil rights suit against the Department of Corrections last week, claiming the state routinely deprives prisoners of adequate medical care.
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By Bill Bartleman, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Sep. 12--Another inmate -- at least the 16th this year -- has been removed from a Paducah halfway house for violating rules.   Employees of the Paducah Community Service Center at 621 S. 7th St.
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California's $7.8 billion prison reform plan will only make conditions worse behind bars, two federal judges said in ordering the creation of a judicial panel to recommend better ways to ease prison crowding.
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The commissioner of New Jerseyâs Department of Children and Families announced his resignation after two years of leading a court-ordered overhaul of the stateâs embattled child welfare system.
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The head of an Iranian human rights group jailed on security charges was sent to a local hospital after collapsing in a prison shower, his lawyer said Thursday.
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By Jay F. Marks, The Daily Oklahoman  Feb. 2--An appeals court ruled Thursday an Oklahoma County judge did not overstep his bounds when he ordered hundreds of inmates to be moved from the county jail to a state prison in September.
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California's troubled prison system was dealt a setback Tuesday when a judge ruled the state cannot ease its severe overcrowding by transferring inmates elsewhere.
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Richard B. Turan spent three and a half years as president of Nassau County&#39;s public hospital agency, and they were not sunny times.
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NEWARK, NJ Aug. 20, 2004  A judge on Friday ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a doctor who told reporters he had an affair with the former aide accusing Gov. James E. McGreevey of sexual harassment.
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A Romanian judge on Wednesday resigned after being accused of starring in an X-rated video, officials said.
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Judge in Baylor player's death appoints third mental-health expert to evaluate defendant.
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President Bush said Monday that he had decided to nominate Michael O. Leavitt, a former three-term governor of Utah, to be secretary of health and human services, replacing Tommy G. Thompson.
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Nashville, Tenn. (ap) - A federal judge suggested Friday that former Gov. Ned McWherter take a formal role in negotiating a way to save Tenncare, the expanded medicaid program the state is poised to kill.
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A federal judge approved a settlement agreement that calls for changes at a former Texas prison where illegal immigrant children are detained with their families.
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A judge on Friday ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a doctor who told reporters he had an affair with the former aide accusing Gov. James E. McGreevey of sexual harassment.
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A woman convicted in the shooting death of her preacher husband was moved from a county jail to a mental health facility, officials said Thursday.