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Feature October 31
Arizona Privatized Prison Health Care to Save Money. But at What Cost?
A landmark class-action lawsuit goes to court this week, featuring grisly testimony about botched medical care in state prisons.
By Beth Schwartzapfel and Jimmy Jenkins
An inmate stands at his cell door at the maximum security facility at the Arizona State Prison in Florence, Ariz.
News February 26, 2018
How Bad is Prison Health Care? Depends on Who’s Watching
A federal judge considers $1 million in fines for one state’s “pervasive and intractable failures.”
By Beth Schwartzapfel
Alma Glisson looks at photos of her son, Nicholas Glisson, who died when at the Plainfield Correctional Facility in Plainfield, Ind.
Case in Point March 6, 2017
Death by Mismanagement?
A case that tests corporate liability for chaos.
By Andrew Cohen
Q&A June 16, 2015
The Corizon CEO on Losing Its Contract With Rikers
"You win some, you lose some."
By Maura Ewing
News June 11, 2015
Why New York Dropped Corizon
It’s not just the big profits and dead inmates.
By Maura Ewing
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