The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) has awarded a new contract to Wexford Health Sources, a private healthcare provider that has been managing medical care in the state's prison system since 2011. This decision comes despite numerous reports of substandard care provided by Wexford Health Sources. The company has faced accusations of providing inadequate care to inmates, raising concerns about the quality and ethics of outsourcing prison healthcare services.
The assets of the closed hospital are being sold at auction, but the health system CEO who purchased the property was sentenced to prison. https://t.co/CDv8GQ1Hz9
A private prison health care company accused of substandard care is awarded new contract in Illinois https://t.co/qQ1SQxf2e9
Private prison health care company accused of substandard care awarded new contract in Illinois https://t.co/JkhYJ3jqA3
Despite appalling accounts of what’s provided as care, the IDOC has awarded a new contract to the controversial Wexford Health Sources, the same private healthcare provider that’s been handling medical care in the state’s prison system since 2011. https://t.co/s1Z9WBDtRI
NEW: despite appalling accounts of what’s provided as care, IDOC has awarded a new contract to the controversial Wexford Health Sources, the same private health care provider that’s been handling medical care in the state’s prison system since 2011. https://t.co/xh2q6gixMN