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Privatized Medical Care in Mississippi Prisons: Another Wexford Failure
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2008
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2008, page 20
by David M. Reutter
Filed under:
Wexford Health Services,
Reviews,
Medical,
Systemic Medical Neglect.
Location:
Mississippi.
A report submitted to Mississippi’s legislature found serious deficiencies in the delivery of medical care to prisoners in the Mississippi Dept. of Corrections (MDOC). The December 11, 2007 report was issued by the Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER). It found that ...
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