The term "lawsuit abuse" was first defined in the 1990s by Washington pollster Jan van Lohuizan. However, before then, the Michigan State Medical Society had already cleverly coined it "frivolous lawsuit disease."
Derricks and one of her assigned parolees developed an improper relationship in which Derricks secretly used her official position with TDCJ to enrich herself and others
Conditions at the facilities routinely and systemically deprive prisoners of constitutional rights through inadequate medical and mental health care...
the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department (MDCR) has engaged in a pattern of constitutional violations of prisoner rights at its jail facilities.