第九巡回法院暂停亚利桑那监狱医疗接管 州政府上诉期间维持现状
美国联邦第九巡回上诉法院已暂停亚利桑那州监狱医疗系统向外部接管人移交的计划，在州政府上诉期间，监狱医疗仍由州政府管理。法院于上周五晚间发出命令，阻止原定10月19日（周一）进行的运营移交，理由是如果亚利桑那州最终胜诉，接管可能对州政府造成难以弥补的损害，且本案涉及联邦法院对州监狱管理权限的问题。
接管人可继续做运营规划，但尚不能接管管理权。这一暂停令推迟了长年诉讼 Jensen v. Thornell一案的救济措施：联邦地区法官罗斯琳·西尔弗于7月17日任命俄亥俄州监狱系统前主管安妮特·钱伯斯-史密斯为接管人，其年薪为50万美元，接管相关的人力和办公费用由亚利桑那州纳税人承担。
西尔弗法官在裁定接管时指出，尽管多年诉讼和法院命令要求整改，州政府仍未纠正监狱医疗的系统性缺陷，在押人员仍面临严重伤害和痛苦的风险。美国公民自由联盟于2012年代表在押人员提起此案。
州政府律师则主张，接管是过度措施，法官在未先尝试中间性救济手段的情况下即下令接管，且未给惩教部门足够时间取得进一步进展。亚利桑那州惩教、康复与重返社会部表示，将继续致力于改善州内监狱医疗服务。
Ninth Circuit Pauses Arizona Prison Health Care Takeover Pending State Appeal
A federal appeals court has paused a court-ordered takeover of Arizona's prison health care system while the state appeals. The Ninth Circuit's order, issued late Friday, halted a handover originally set for October 19 in the long-running case Jensen v.
Thornell. U.S.
District Judge Roslyn Silver had appointed Annette Chambers-Smith on July 17 as the court receiver to run prison health care, at a salary of $500,000, after finding the state had failed for years to meet constitutional standards of care. The ACLU, which first sued over prison medical conditions in 2012, opposed the stay.
The pause keeps the existing arrangement in place while the appeal proceeds and does not decide the merits of the receivership. Arizona officials have argued the takeover oversteps federal court authority over a state prison system.
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