As Independent Monitor, Partner Joshua W. Martin III Issues Initial Report on Initiative to Improve Inmate Health Care in Delaware

In May 2007, Potter Anderson partner Joshua W. Martin III was jointly selected by the Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to serve as the Independent Monitor in overseeing the progress of DOC in satisfying the requirements of a 2006 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between DOC and DOJ relating to prison medical and mental health care in four DOC institutions.  As Independent Monitor,  Mr. Martin leads a team of medical and mental health professionals in providing monitoring and  technical assistance to the DOC. The team will also evaluate the DOC’s compliance with the Agreement’s requirements relating to DOC policies and procedures, recordkeeping, medication and laboratory orders, staffing and training, screening and treatment, access to care, chronic disease care, medication management, emergency care, mental health care, suicide prevention, and quality assurance.  Associate Suzanne M. Hill serves on the monitoring team. 

As Independent Monitor,  Mr. Martin is required to issue semi-annual reports on the DOC’s progress. The first report was issued on June 29, 2007.

Click here to read or print the June 2007 report.