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With new restrictions on gender-affirming care, prisons confiscate underwear from transgender inmates and compel them to cut their hair.

Wellpath filed for Chapter 11 in the Southern District of Texas. That move allows for the company to be reorganized. It's one of the largest prison health providers in the country.

In response to recent inmate deaths, the county gave over $1 million to a program that offers care, housing and transportation to people with mental health or substance abuse issues

The sheriff's office notified Armor Correctional Health Services that it violated its contract to provide health care at the Duval jail.

The National Commission on Correctional Health Care warned the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office three months ago that the jail's medical care was deficient.

The contractor's troubled history is a concern as the state investigates after the death of an inmate who did not receive needed transplant meds. The company has 570 lawsuits and several inmate deaths under its watch.

The U.S. jail population has a 55% weekly turnover rate, raising the risk of infections passing between communities, according to the study.

The state had already anticipated a reduction in J&J allocations and was using the two-dose Moderna vaccine instead.

Once supplies arrive, corrections officials have indicated that they have the ability to vaccinate all inmates who want a shot within 10 days.

Florida’s prison system has had a significant increase in recent days in inmates testing positive for COVID-19, with the overall total approaching 17...