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Victims As Cost Bearers, Richard Adelstein
Victims As Cost Bearers, Richard Adelstein
Richard Adelstein
A brief recasting of the price exaction model.
The Origins Of Property And The Powers Of Government, Richard Adelstein
The Origins Of Property And The Powers Of Government, Richard Adelstein
Richard Adelstein
The alternating influence of Locke and Bentham in American constitutional law.
Managed Health Care In Prisons As Cruel And Unusual Punishment, Ira P. Robbins
Managed Health Care In Prisons As Cruel And Unusual Punishment, Ira P. Robbins
Ira P. Robbins
INTRODUCTION:
Billy Roberts, a prisoner in an Alabama state prison, had a history of severe psychiatric disorders. He was often put on suicide watch, and received large doses of psychotropic drugs. A managed health care company, Correctional Medical Services (CMS), was responsible for the health care at the prison. After Roberts had a suicidal episode, CMS's statewide mental health care director reportedly put Roberts in an isolation cell rather than a psychiatric care unit. The mental health care director also ordered that Roberts' medication be discontinued pursuant to an alleged policy of CMS to get as many prisoners off psycho- …