Prison Legal News sues PHS Correctional Healthcare over public records request
PRESS RELEASE Prison Legal News – For Immediate Release August 26, 2010 Publisher Sues PHS Correctional Healthcare Under Vermont’s Public Records Act Montpelier, VT – Prison Legal News, a Brattleboro-based nonprofit that publishes a monthly magazine on criminal justice-related issues, filed a lawsuit today in Superior Court against PHS Correctional Healthcare (“PHS,” formerly known as [...]
Can Correct Care Solutions offer Vt. inmates more health services for $2 million less?
In the wake of Ashley Ellis’ death, questions remain about prison health care provided by for-profit companies.
Part II, Dying in Cell 40: State hired for-profit firm with rap sheet of death and lawsuits
For-profit companies like Prison Health Services pit the health care needs of an often despised population against their own need to turn a profit.
Part I, Dying in Cell 40: Flaws in Vermont’s prison medical system were fatal for Ashley Ellis
Ellis’ life was in the hands of a company with a cross-country rap sheet that is spattered with deaths, lawsuits, millions of dollars in fines and settlements and numerous investigations.
