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contracted healthcare provider, CorrectCareSolutions (CCS) — now Wellpath — reportedly agreed to pay another $1.3 million to settle its share of the claims raised by the dead man’s mother
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ruling on September 17, 2021, the Court affirmed the decision of the federal court for the Western District of Kentucky, granting summary judgment to defendant employees of CorrectCareSolutions, LLC (CCS
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of their own flurry of consolidations beginning in 2012.28
CaliforniaForensicMedicalGroup, a CMGC company now part of Wellpath, paid out millions
in settlements to families of incarcerated people who alleged
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in private practice.
If privateprisoner medical care providers are not entitled to raise a QI defense, the Court was without jurisdiction to hear their interlocutory appeal or that of their employees. Thus
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Show Me the Money: Tracking the Companies that Have a Lock on Sending Funds to Incarcerated People by Stephen Raher, Tiana Herring We looked at all fifty state departments of corrections to figure out which companies hold the contracts to provide money-transfer services and what the fees are to use …
that spanned the late 1980s and 1990s. There he glimpsed a vision of the future, in which privatization would be his golden ticket. He then began PrisonHealthServices, which later became Corizon Health
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$2 Million Paid by North Carolina Jail for Prisoner’s Wrongful Death; Undisclosed Amount Paid by Southeastern Medical Services by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On January 8, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina approved a $2 million settlement to be paid by Buncombe County, …
San Luis Obispo County Jail Conditions Violate Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On August 31, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division released a report detailing its investigation concerning the conditions inside San Luis Obispo County Jail. The findings of the report, conducted …
$23,000 Settlement Against Pennsylvania Dental Healthcare Company for Inadequate Dental Care by Charles Talbert settled with Correctional Dental Associates (CDA) and Dental Practitioner Dr. Schneider for $23,000 in a lawsuit brought by him for inadequate dental treatment while housed in the Philadelphia Department of Prisons (PDP). While being held in …
to 2015, CorrectCareSolutions, now known as Wellpath LLC, held a contract with the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) to provide medical care to every person in DOC’s custody. The contract paid
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$750,000 Settlement in South Carolina Pretrial Detainee’s Suicide by Southern Health Partners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 17, 2021, Southern Health Partners paid $750,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging it failed to take proper steps in caring for a pretrial detainee who entered South Carolina’s Marlboro …
Prisoner’s Suicide in Sherburne County Minnesota Jail Results in $2.3 Million Settlement by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders A recent investigation by KARE 11, a Minnesota-based NBC news affiliate, has brought much-needed attention to systematic failures at jails throughout Minnesota. Many local and state correctional facilities in that state, according …
Decapitated Prisoner Shows CDCR Safety Standards Still Headed in the Wrong Direction by Matthew Clarke California Inspector General’s office issues another reports highly critical of health care at Corcoran and statewide prison employee disciplinary process by Matt Clarke In April 2021, the California Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a …
June 14, 2021 protest letter, submitted to me on behalf of Corizon, LLC
("Corizon") challenging the above-referenced award to Centurion of Missouri, LLC
("Centurion"). I have reviewed Corizon's protest
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correctional facilities where we
provide healthcare services. Wellpath primarily serves patients that are
the responsibility of government agencies. By the end of 2021, our few
remaining contracts with private
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DIVISION OF PURCHASIN G
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFPS30034 902100318
Julie Kleffner, Buyer
Name of Vendor
Proposed
Methodolog y,
Approach, and
Work Plan
Centurion of Missouri, LLC
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{Vienna, VA)
Corizon
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Sixth Circuit Upholds Prisoner’s 18 U.S.C. § 111 Conviction for Assaulting Federally Contracted PrivatePrison Guard
by Matthew Clarke
by Matt Clarke
On November 12, 2020, the Sixth Circuit
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Ransomware Attack on GEO Group Exposes Sensitive Information
by Matthew Clarke
by Matt Clarke
On November 3, 2020, the GEO Group, one of the largest privateprison companies in the nation
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Reuters Investigation: Lamentable Medical Care in Jails and Prisons Exposed During Pandemic by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian Very few criminal offenses in America allow for a sentence of death. Nevertheless, too many people are dying in jails and prisons while serving a sentence or simply waiting for the process …
