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Numerous Lawsuits Filed Against Corizon Nationwide; Company Loses Contracts
Loaded on Aug. 30, 2017
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2017, page 32
Filed under:
Corizon,
Medical Misconduct,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
United States of America.
by Matt Clarke
Corizon Health is one of the nation's largest for-profit medical providers for prisons and jails. Recent lawsuits against the company, however, call into question the quality, and even the availability, of the healthcare services it is supposed to provide. Further, a former New Mexico prison employee has ...
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