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| Health Care Firm to Pay $450,000 for Death at N.Y. Jail |
| By Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
| Published: 07/30/2003 |
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The private medical service that provides health care at the Monroe County, N.Y., jail has agreed to pay $450,000 to the family of an inmate who died at the county Correctional Facility in September 2000 after her opiate withdrawal went untreated. Candace ''Candy'' Brown died at the Correctional Facility in Brighton, and her death spurred legislative scrutiny of the private operation, Prison Health Services of Tennessee, that is contracted by the county for jail health care. The state Commission of Correction, which investigates jail conditions and deaths, issued a stinging opinion in 2001 about Brown's death. ''The medical evaluation and treatment afforded Ms. Brown was grossly and flagrantly inadequate,'' the Commission determined. ''Had adequate medical evaluation and treatment been afforded, her death would have been prevented.'' The insurer for Prison Health Services, not county taxpayers, is responsible for the settlement. Records show that the county Surrogate's Court will distribute the settlement to the estate of Brown, aka Charlotte Minor. Surrogate's Court officials said Tuesday that the order to distribute the funds has yet to be finalized. Federal court records show that the settlement was reached in late May after Brown's daughter sued Prison Health Services and Monroe County officials. R. Brian Goewey, the attorney for Brown's family, said neither he nor the family would comment about the settlement. Officials with Prison Health Services would not comment and noted that, under the settlement, both sides were prohibited from commenting about the lawsuit. Under terms of the settlement, Prison Health Services does not admit negligence. Brown, 46, had been arrested for a probation violation and was suffering from heroin withdrawal when she died of aspiration pneumonia. She spent two days in her cell, often sleeping in her own vomit. |
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