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Class-action Suit Filed Against GEO Group for Violation of Job Applicants’ Rights by GEO Group and Accurate Background, Inc. have been sued in federal court in New York for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) when conducting criminal background checks on GEO job applicants. The suit, filed on October …
Assurance of Discontinuance - CorrectionalMedicalCare, OAG, 2014
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
In the Matter of
CORRECTIONALMEDICALCARE, INC.
Assurance No.: 13-495
ASSURANCE
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Shutting Down the Profiteers - Why and How the Department of Homeland Security Should Stop Using PrivatePrisons, ACLU, 2016
Tribute: The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and WRP Staff
SHUTTING DOWN
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CMC Nurse Arrested for Having Sex With Syracuse Jail Prisoner
by
Beth A. Ours, 37, a CorrectionalMedicalCare (CMC) nurse who worked at the Justice Center jail in Syracuse, New York
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OSHA Cites Corizon for Inadequate Workplace Safety on Rikers Island
by Matthew Clarke
Listing numerous instances of its medical, mental health and dentistry employees being assaulted
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.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
ArmorCorrectionalHealthServices, Inc. (“Armor”) has repeatedly submitted false and
fraudulent claims to Nassau County in connection with Armor’s contract to provide jail health
services
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,
VERIFIED PETITION
Index No.
-againstARMOR CORRECTIONAL HEALTH MEDICAL
SERVICES OF NEW YORK, INC. P.C. and ARMORCORRECTIONALHEALTHSERVICES OF NEW
YORK, INC.,
IAS Part _______________
Assigned to Justice
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Corizon Health Report, NYC Department of Investigation, 2015
New York City Department of Investigation
Investigation Finds Significant Breakdowns by Corizon Health Inc., the
City-Contracted Health
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support for the $9.2 million in service
enhancements
negotiated
after
the
contractor’s proposal was accepted.
AUDIT RESULTS - SUMMARY
Under its contract with the Department,
PrisonHealthServices, Inc
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DWN and CCR v. ICE, NY, MOL in support of Plf Mot for PSJ, privatecontractor staffing and pricing, 2016
Case 1:14-cv-00583-LGS Document 96 Filed 01/19/16 Page 1 of 27
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DWN and CCR v. ICE, NY, MOL in support of Def Cross-Mot for SJ, privatecontractor staffing and pricing, 2015
Case 1:14-cv-00583-LGS Document 87 Filed 12/22/15 Page 1 of 35
UNITED STATES DISTRICT
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Chase v. CorrectionalMedicalCare, NY, Judgment, wrongful death drug withdrawal neglect malpractice, 2015
Case 1:14-cv-00474-DNH-TWD Document 103 Filed 12/22/15 Page 1 of 3
UNITED STATES DISTRICT
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Cannon v. CorrectionalMedicalCare, Complaint, Jail Death, 2015
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612 State Street
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Kwiatkowski v. County of Onondaga, NY, Summons and Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2015 FILED: ONONDAGA COUNTY CLERK 10/30/2015 01:30 PM NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1 INDEX NO. 2015EF4455 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 10/30/2015 2015EF4455 2015EF4455
care. CMA of NY has the same corporate address as Brentwood, Tennessee-based Corizon, and prior to 2012, CDA of NY was registered as PHS Dental Services, Inc. PHS, or PrisonHealthServices
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, but by then it was too late; Loadholt was dead.
SCOC Commissioner Frederick C. Lamy blamed the jail’s healthcare provider. “Loadholt’s asthma was inadequately managed by [Corizon precursor] PrisonHealth
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Significant Breakdowns by Corizon Health, NYC DOI, 2015
The City of New York
Department of Investigation
MARK G. PETERS
COMMISSIONER
80 MAIDEN LANE
NEW YORK, NY 10038
212-825-5900
Release 16-2015
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CMC Nurse Arrested for Having Sex with Syracuse Jail Prisoner
by
CMC Nurse Arrested for Having Sex with Syracuse Jail Prisoner
Beth A. Ours, 37, a CorrectionalMedicalCare (CMC) nurse who
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Controversy, Criticism Plague Brooklyn Halfway House
by Derek Gilna
Controversy, Criticism Plague Brooklyn Halfway House
by Derek Gilna
CommunityFirstServices, Inc., established by Jack
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