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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.

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.

An estimated 300,000 people were held in solitary confinement in the U.S. at the height of the pandemic. Advocates are pushing to limit the practice, citing lasting harm to prisoners' health.

A nurse who worked for more than 12 years at the Marion County Jail has died from COVID-19.Charles “Dan” Manrique, 71, died on Saturday. He was the night…

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is allowing jail employees who continue to test positive for coronavirus to return to work after a set time, under a...

As the number of COVID-19 cases in Florida skyrockets, Department of Corrections officials reported Friday that two more state inmates have died of...

The number of inmates in Florida’s prison system who have died from COVID-19 has increased to 20, while more than 1,700 inmates have tested positive for…

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office reports 100 confirmed cases of COVID-19 connected to the county jail in Tavares.That’s an increase of 41 since Monday.The…

At a time when the U.S. government is trying to deal with a nationwide opioid epidemic, many jails across the country are only now rolling out medicines…

Authorities said a Florida woman they arrested for allegedly smuggling contraband into a state prison managed to distribute a highly potent synthetic…