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Centurion of Florida, LLC- Providers Manual- June 2022
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at the jail, which is run for the county by Tennessee-based privateprison operator CoreCivic.
In 2021 alone, CCDF recorded six deaths, including two previously reported by PLN: the suicide of Lisa Ann Trombley
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2030. With it, the privateprison contractor agreed to fill at least twelve day posts, eight night posts and thirteen 40-hour-a-week posts. After the firm flew in reinforcements, it said that CCDF
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HRDC Wins Appeal in Florida Public Records Request Case Against ArmorCorrectionalHealthServices
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In an opinion reached on December 1, 2021, Florida’s Third District Court
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, disclosed that it allowed Boca Raton privateprison contractor The GEO Group to get away with making hundreds of thousands of dollars of otherwise illegal contributions to Super PACs.
The Federal Election
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Investment Firm Buys Corizon
by Matthew Clarke
by Matt Clarke
On June 30, 2020, Flacks Group, a Miami-based global investment firm, announced that it had purchased Brentwood, Tennessee-based
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, Florida, Police Department went to her home to question Woycenko, as well as her son, and her boyfriend. They made a decision to involuntarily commit her via Baker Act to NewHorizons of the TreasureCoast
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$37,500 Settlement in Discrimination Suit Against Corizon Health
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Corizon Health agreed to pay $37,500 to a former employee who alleged she was discriminated against based on race
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$350,000 Settlement in Florida Detainee’s Suicide
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Corizon Health agreed to pay $350,000 in a lawsuit that alleged it failed to provide mental health care to a pretrial detainee who
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$47,000 Settlement in Detainee’s Overdose Death Claim
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Corizon Health agreed to pay $47,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it negligently failed to assure street drugs did not enter its Jail
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$50,000 Settlement with Corizon in Failure to Treat Suit in Florida
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Corizon Health agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it failed to provide a Florida prisoner
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Doctor at Florida Detention Center Spread COVID-19 to Prisoners
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
An unnamed ArmorCorrectionalHealthServices doctor was blamed for spreading COVID-19
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, and reentry facilities. The GEO Group,
Inc. has built a reputation and goodwill on its commitment to respecting the human rights of
Pursuant to this Court’s CM/ECF Administrative Procedures and the Office
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from 35 to 40 a year to over 400 a year. Negative publicity led Corizon to terminate its contract in May 2016. It was replaced by Centurion of Florida. Wexford’s contract was terminated in 2017
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GEO Group, Largest PrivatePrison Contractor, Cranks Up Political Contributions During Trump Years
by Michael Fortino, Ph.D
by Michael Fortino, Ph.D.
In August 2016, just after an Obama
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medical staff as agents of the Centurion LLC, 1 and allege the following:
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This is an action for monetary damages (both survival and resulting from the
wrongful death) and for the deprivation
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. As part of this role, it administers the contracts held by corporations
running privateprison facilities on behalf of FDOC.
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On or about October 16, 2019, HRDC sent Notices of Centurion and MHM’s
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received only one proposal
from Centurion.
RMC Hospital ITN - resulted in one bidder, Centurion.
Mental Health ITN - resulted in two bidders, Centurion and CorrectCareSolutions.
Dental Services ITN
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Former Florida Senator Now Employed by PrivatePrison Company He Helped While in the State Senate
by Kevin W. Bliss
by Kevin W. Bliss
After Florida Senate President Joe Negron stepped down
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Motions to Dismiss by Corizon and Wexford Denied in Lawsuit Over Florida Prisoner’s Double Leg Amputation
by Matthew Clarke
by Matt Clarke
On December 14, 2018, a federal district court
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