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Michigan Auditor Finds Prisoner Health Care Delivery Inadequate
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2011
by David Reutter
By David M. Reutter
Filed under:
Private Prisons,
CMS,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Private Contractors.
Location:
Michigan.
The Michigan Department of Corrections’ (MDOC) efforts to comply with the requirement to deliver medical services are not effective. That is the conclusion drawn in an audit report issued in March 2008 by Michigan’s Office of the Auditor General. That conclusion comes as no surprise to ...
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