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Advanced Correctional HealthCare to take over Kandiyohi County Jail medical services
West Central Tribune, Willmar, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 9—WILLMAR — Kandiyohi County has found a new health care provider for its jail. Advanced Correctional HealthCare will take over from current provider MEnD Correctional Care by Feb. 20.
Codington County switches jail healthcare for 2023
Watertown Public Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe new year will bring a new provider of healthcare to inmates at the Codington County Detention Center. Sheriff Brad Howell had advised county...
Family says Calumet County Jail staff, medical staff ignored teen's promise of suicide
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor nearly four months in the summer of 2019, Demetrius LaShaun Stephenson told other inmates,...
Vance jail close to getting new medical provider
Henderson Daily Dispatch, N.C. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 3—HENDERSON — County officials and the Vance County Sheriff's Office are on the verge of selecting a new contractor to provide health care services to prisoners in the county jail. The ...
A man with schizophrenia was stripped naked and left in solitary confinement for 20 days where lost...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJoshua McLemore, 29, spent about 20 days in solitary confinement after being arrested and accused of...
County officials settle lawsuit in death of mentally ill man held in isolation for 20 days
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 7 months agoJackson County officials have agreed to settle a lawsuit over the death of a mentally ill inmate who...
A man with mental illness died after 20 days in solitary confinement. Did the jail system fail him?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen Joshua McLemore's mother couldn't reach her son several states away in Indiana during the...
New contracts intended to allow jail to improve medical care while saving time and money
The Coshocton Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCOSHOCTON − The Coshocton County Sheriff's Office will seek to improve efficiency and cut costs...
Lawsuit: Mentally ill man isolated in jail cell for 20 days without care before he died
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJoshua McLemore was arrested in Jackson County on July 20, 2021. He was dead three weeks later. A...
Detainee ‘wasted away’ and lost 45 pounds before death, lawsuit says. County pays $7M
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA 29-year-old pretrial detainee died after losing nearly 45 pounds in 20 days inside a windowless,...