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She Pleaded For Medical Care In Prison. By The Time She Got Out, Her Cancer Was Untreatable.
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSusie Balfour first started noticing painful lumps in her breast almost 30 years ago. But imprisoned...
A private prison health care company accused of substandard care is awarded new contract in Illinois
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIllinois has awarded a more than $4 billion prison medical care contract to the same company it's...
Arizona prison health care contract awarded to company that allegedly overcharged feds
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Arizona Department of Corrections announced Friday it awarded a prison health care contract to...
Health care company expects to earn nearly $10 million in annual profits from AZ prisons contract
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNaphCare, the contractor chosen to provide health care services to people in Arizona state prisons,...
Arizona prisoners, advocates call for change after health care system ruled unconstitutional
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn Arizona prisoner suffering from mental illness was pepper sprayed more than 40 times within an...
Southern New Mexico prison nurse claims she was fired over staffing complaints
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApr. 9—A former nurse at a state prison near Las Cruces has filed a lawsuit against the New Mexico Corrections Department and inmate medical care provider Wexford Health Sources, alleging she ...
Mississippi inmates exposed to dangerous chemicals and denied health care, lawsuit says
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 3 months agoInmates at a Mississippi prison were forced to mix raw cleaning chemicals without protective...
ACLU settles lawuit over New Mexico prison medical contract records
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 11—The New Mexico Corrections Department has agreed to pay the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico $37,500 to settle a lawsuit over the agency's alleged failure to release public ...
Jim Dey: There's always an answer, but not always the right one
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoFeb. 15—Illinois has recently awarded a $4 billion, multi-year contract to a Pennsylvania firm to provide medical services to prison inmates. The contract renewal with Wexford Health Sources ...
Lawmakers delay $1B prison healthcare contract over cost, possible conflict of interest
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAlabama lawmakers on Thursday put a temporary hold on a billion-dollar contract for a new prison...