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PHS Medical Care at Rikers Fails in Evaluation
Loaded on May 15, 2005
by Paul von Zielbauer
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2005, page 17
PHS Medical Care At Rikers Fails In Evaluation
Filed under:
Private Prisons,
Prison Health Services,
Contractor Misconduct,
Systemic Medical Neglect.
Location:
New York.
by Paul Von Zielbauer
A recent evaluation of the company in charge of prisoner health care at Rikers Island, coming months after it was awarded a new $300 million contract, has found that it has failed to meet a number of the ...
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