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Perez said in a cover letter to Governor Rick Scott.
Then, in September 2012 DJJ announced it was closing the Thompson Academy, which was run by YouthServicesInternational (YSI). That announcement came
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was requested, which Corizon’s utilization management denied. An alternative plan was for the prisoner to see a surgeon, but that had not been requested or completed when the CMA’s report
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the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) and Corizon, the department’s former private medical provider, denied hernia operations to prisoners to save money.
Groin hernias are very common
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Florida Lawmaker Visits Prisons, Audits PrivatePrison Contracts
by David Reutter
by David Reutter
In prison after prison across the state, over a period of two years, Florida state
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FDOC and Centurion of Florida Contract Agreement-Amendment #1
AGREEMENT #A3881
AMENDMENT #1
AGREEMENT AMENDMENT BETWEEN
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
AND
CENTURION OF FLORIDA, LLC
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Female Prisoner Raped By Florida Sheriff's Deputy Settles Lawsuit for $91,666 by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton Shortly before the scheduled date of trial in the case, a woman who said she was raped by a Bay County, Florida, sheriff's deputy during a transport run to another jail agreed to …
Butzer v. CoreCivic, FL, Complaint, Juvenile Sexual Assault, 2017 Case 5:17-cv-00360-JSM-PRL Document 1 Filed 08/07/17 Page 1 of 8 PageID 1 Fl LED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 2Dl1 AUG - 7 AH 9: 33 CASE NO. ('" ' .. ., LESLEY BUTZER, as Mother and Next …
of Corrections personnel. Corizon, a private company with contracts all over the country, was brought in by Gov. Rick Scott, a former healthcare tycoon, promising to slash medical costs and save money. Corizon
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the right questions, and collecting all the evidence, then it’s too late by the time the tests come back to retrace the trail.”
The Ellington family lawsuit also blames Corizon, the private
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Hoffer v. Jones, FL, HIPAA Qualified Protective Order, Failure to Provide HepC Treatment, 2017 Case 4:17-cv-00214-MW-CAS Document 27 Filed 06/27/17 Page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Tallahassee Division CARL HOFFER, RONALD MCPHERSON, And ROLAND MOLINA, individually and on behalf of a Class of persons …
profit before any semblance of real care [See: PLN, June 2013, p.24].
Corizon Health won a $1.2 billion, five year contract to care for prisoners in about 44 prisons. WexfordHealthServices received
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to privatizeprisons was blocked by a court and failed in the next legislative session. The move to privatizeprisoner medical care, however, moved forward.
Anyone who makes even a cursory investigation
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as the worst sexual predators in the state, is necessary to ensure public safety. For Correct Care Recovery Solutions, a spin-off company of the GEO Group, one of the nation’s largest privateprison
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cannot
answer the basic question of whether
privateprisons are operating at less
cost than public prisons, as required
by law.
Consequently, the
Department is limited in its ability to
negotiate
new
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GEO Group Still Invests in Florida Politics by Prison Legal News has long reported on the financial partnership between for-profit prison firm GEO Group and Florida politicians – a “legacy of corruption,” as detailed in PLN’s March 2011 cover story. GEO’s Political Action Committee (PAC) in Florida, where the company …
Copeland v. Jones, FL, Class Action Claim Form, Corizon Refusal of Hernia Surgery, 2016
Case 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS Document 72-7 Filed 09/19/16 Page 1 of 1
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN
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