Despite horror stories and deaths, will Illinois keep expensive prison health care company?
WBEZ News · WBEZ Chicago
July 6, 20234m 16s
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Show Notes
For the last decade, Illinois has paid the private company Wexford Health Sources more than a billion dollars to provide medical care to people in the state’s prisons. During that time, a federal judge determined the state’s medical care in prisons was so poor it violated the US Constitution. Now that Wexford’s contract has expired, experts are worried the state won’t make a change. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Shannon Heffernan