Delegating Care, Evading Review: The Federal Tort Claims Act andAccess to Medical Care in Federal Private Prisons

Authors

Danielle C. Jefferis

Keywords

Legal status of prisoners, United States Federal Tort Claims Act

Abstract

The article focuses on the U.S. federal government's invocation of the independent-contractor exception of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) when faced with federal prisoners' claims of inadequate-contractor exception.

Repository Citation

Danielle C. Jefferis, Delegating Care, Evading Review: The Federal Tort Claims Act andAccess to Medical Care in Federal Private Prisons, 80 La. L. Rev. (2020)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol80/iss1/7