BREAKING NEWS
Family of heart transplant patient who died after leaving JSO custody set to receive $300K settlement
Read full article: Family of heart transplant patient who died after leaving JSO custody set to receive $300K settlementThe family of a heart transplant patient who died after a short stay in the Duval County jail has settled a federal lawsuit over his death.
TELL US: Do you have a loved one in the Duval County Jail, and are you worried about their health care?
Read full article: TELL US: Do you have a loved one in the Duval County Jail, and are you worried about their health care?Another inmate has died in the Duval County Jail from a medical episode. Rebecca Faircloth, 62, was arrested in 2021. She was sentenced Friday to ten years in prison for attempted murder and firearms charges. She died in jail Monday. This comes weeks after JSO announced NaphCare will provide healthcare at the jail, taking over for Armor.
JSO details why it terminated its contract with private jail healthcare provider Armor Health
Read full article: JSO details why it terminated its contract with private jail healthcare provider Armor HealthThis week, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced it is terminating a $98 million contract with inmate healthcare provider Armor Health less than a year into the five-year contract. The termination letter obtained by News4JAX details the reasons why.
New jail healthcare contractor didn’t go through competitive bidding process, thanks to little-known city law
Read full article: New jail healthcare contractor didn’t go through competitive bidding process, thanks to little-known city lawThe News4JAX I-TEAM is digging deeper into the new healthcare provider for the Duval County Jail.
Sheriff announces ending of $98M contract with embattled jail healthcare provider
Read full article: Sheriff announces ending of $98M contract with embattled jail healthcare providerJacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters and Mayor Donna Deegan held a news conference on Tuesday evening to announce the end of a $98 million contract with Armor Correctional Health Services, which administers healthcare to inmates at the Duval County jail.
I-TEAM: Records show history of problems with medications at Duval County jail years before inmate death
Read full article: I-TEAM: Records show history of problems with medications at Duval County jail years before inmate deathQuestions about whether inmates were getting their prescriptions here at the jail go back to at least 2018. There are also reports of medications disappearing.
‘I’m disappointed’: Sheriff T.K. Waters reacts to revelation of jail healthcare contractor’s criminal history
Read full article: ‘I’m disappointed’: Sheriff T.K. Waters reacts to revelation of jail healthcare contractor’s criminal historyIn an exclusive interview with the News4JAX I-TEAM, Sheriff T.K. Waters said Wednesday JSO is reviewing its contract with a company that provides healthcare to Duval County inmates.
Duval jail healthcare provider says medication was ordered but didn’t arrive for inmate who later died
Read full article: Duval jail healthcare provider says medication was ordered but didn’t arrive for inmate who later diedArmor Correctional Healthcare Services denies wrongdoing and says other clinical issues likely contributed to Dexter Barry’s death
Records confirm man did not receive heart transplant medicine in Duval County Jail. He died days later
Read full article: Records confirm man did not receive heart transplant medicine in Duval County Jail. He died days laterRecords from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office confirm a Jacksonville man did not receive any doses of an essential medication while at the Duval County Jail on a misdemeanor charge in November. After spending a weekend in jail, Dexter Barry, 54, died a few days after being released.