Tag: Prisons

West Virginia Doctor Pleads Guilty to Assault

A West Virginia physician pleaded guilty June 23 to two counts of assault and was sentenced to a year of probation. Kenneth C. Ramdat, MD, a physician formerly employed at the Louis A. Johnson VA Hospital, in Clarksburg, West Virginia, admitted to assaulting two hospital employees, according to a news release from the Department of

Colorado Bill Aims to Protect Pregnant Women’s Rights

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado bill aims to improve healthcare for pregnant women, including those who are incarcerated, less than three years since a woman filed a federal lawsuit after giving birth in a Denver jail cell with no medical care. Diana Sanchez gave birth alone in her jail cell in July 2018 after deputies