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Corizon Health Strikes Out in Arizona

Loaded on April 2, 2019 by Edward Lyon published in Prison Legal News April, 2019, page 56
Filed under: Corizon. Location: Arizona.

by Ed Lyon 

In 2014, a settlement was reached in Parsons v. Ryan, a lawsuit over healthcare in Arizona’s prison system. The state contracted with Corizon Health to provide medical services for the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC), even though the company had been plagued with problems ...

 

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