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Armor Correctional Health Services: A New Company Blossoming with Political Payback
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2006
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2006, page 29
Filed under:
Armor Correctional Health Services,
Misconduct/Corruption,
Jail Misconduct,
Private Contractors.
Location:
Florida.
by David M. Reutter
A recently-formed Florida prison healthcare corporation is blossoming with new contracts from county sheriffs who decided to change bidding requirements and in one case eliminate cost as a consideration.
The company, Coconut Creek-based Armor Correctional Health Services, is owned by Miami physician Dr. Jose Armas. In ...
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