Special expert appointed by U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver to review Arizona prison healthcare submitted a report on Oct. 4 recommending the state to steer clear of privatizing inmate healthcare and recommended that Silver instead override a state law requiring Arizona to contract healthcare for prisons from third parties. Following...Arizona News
Following a town hall held in downtown Phoenix on July 31 to discuss the state's prison system, Arizona Department of Corrections Director Charles Ryan announced his resignation, bringing to a close 40 years in the industry.
The town hall was littered with vehement pleas to fire the controversial director after citing various...Arizona News
Last summer Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) Director Charles Ryan was found to be in civil contempt-of-court in a federal judge ruling, but Governor Doug Ducey has continuously expressed confidence in Ryan to run Arizona prisons. At a town hall last week, various attendees called for the firing of the director after recounting...Arizona News
In a press release issued Jan. 18, the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) announced that Centurion of Arizona was awarded the contract to deliver healthcare to inmates at 10 state-run prisons. Corizon previously held the contract and received a per diem increase in May of 2018, increasing the contract by $32.6 million following the...
