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Correctional Health
Officials say health contract was renewed in midst of jail deaths
September 24th, 2004
Gaston County, North Carolina, officials renewed the county jail's contract with a Tennessee-based private healthcare provider between a pair of inmate deaths. Both inmates, Yolanda Evett Patterson and Hugh Locklear Jr., died last month after complaining of illness. In both cases, family members have said jail officials ignored requests for treatment. Prison Health Services of Brentwood, Tennessee, has come under fire in other states. The company has been criticized in two reports by New York State in recent years, and Florida's Palm Beach County terminated a contract with PHS. Palm Beach Sheriff's Commander Diane Carhart told...
Source: Food & Drug Law Weekly (2004-09-24)
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