Inmates and families of incarcerated people harmed or killed by medical malpractice conducted at state prisons that contracted with the former medical group Corizon will not see restitution for damages after the company split in two in order to protect its corporate earnings from payouts and debts.
Corizon contracted with the Arizona...
Last summer, the Alabama-based prison healthcare provider settled with the U.S. Department of Justice and paid $694,593 to resolve allegations it submitted false claims to the Federal Bureau of Prisons in connection with healthcare services provided to inmates. The Arizona Department of Corrections' approach to providing adequate...
After years of noncompliance in inmate care, U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver threatened additional fines of more that $1 million earlier last month and now the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) is asking her to hold off on imposing the financial penalties.
The inmate lawsuit was settled in 2015, but over three years later,...Arizona News
The Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) filed an appeal asking the court to throw out a contempt citation against its director along with a $1.4 million fine for not adequately improving the healthcare of 33,000 inmates in state-run Arizona prisons.
The appeal was filed two days after the department was threatened with more fines...Arizona News
The Parson v. Ryan saga continues to drag on for nearly five years. Before retirement in June, U.S. Magistrate Judge David Duncan issued a series of orders in response to a lack of progress from the Department of Corrections (DOC) and Corizon.
In a statement, CEO of Corizon Health Stephen Rector said the court failed to recognize...