Correctional Healthcare

Lawsuits stemming from healthcare delivered in correctional facilities can be sensitive, high profile and high stakes, especially because plaintiffs in many such cases are allowed to pursue punitive damages. Correctional healthcare matters are often quite specialized, given the partnerships between private healthcare providers and public agencies, as well as the unique constraints frequently placed on care providers who work with patients in the correctional system.

The correctional healthcare practice at HPS is rooted in the firm’s medical malpractice expertise, ensuring a deep understanding of the medical practices in question.

Just as important, the HPS team understands the unique legal and logistical complexities that make correctional healthcare so challenging. HPS involves its in-house appellate team from the beginning of the case, so that issues that might form the basis of a down-the-road appeal are anticipated and addressed early on.

HPS has broad experience representing correctional healthcare clients across the country in matters regarding a range of claims, from civil rights violations to obstetrical care, mental health, hunger strikes, suicide and sudden death.