prison privatization

The state budget officially went into effect earlier this month. That includes Florida’s prison budget, which led to prison officials cutting funding to…

The initial transition is going well so far for the private provider chosen to take over the health care services for most of Florida’s prison system, and…

The Florida Department of Corrections is moving forward with finding new private prison health care providers to run those services in the coming months.…

As a private prison health provider’s contract with the state draws to an end, some wonder how Corizon’s cancellation of the contract will impact Florida…

Some are hailing a decision by the main private provider charged with the health care of Florida’s inmates to terminate its contract with the state.In…

Prison reform is slated to be a big issue this upcoming legislative session, and a re-do of prison health care contracts will be part of the reform…

Prison privatization has been a contentious issue in Florida—even costing one Florida Department of Corrections’ Secretary his job. But, after the latest…

Bringing stability and consistency to the troubled Florida Department of Corrections is at the forefront of several lawmakers’ and prison reform…

A panel of Florida lawmakers moved several bills forward Wednesday attempting to address certain hot-button issues within the state’s criminal justice…

The privatization of prison health care services in Florida is expected to be fully implemented by mid-October. The effort, projected to save the…