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Florida opens investigation into Duval County jail's medical provider

WEBFlorida opens investigation into Duval County jail’s medical provider. by Nichole Manna June 1, 2023 Updated July 20, 2023. The Florida Department of …

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Jacksonville Sheriff's Office ending its Armor jail health care contract

WEBThe Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office will cancel its $98 million contract with Armor Correctional Health Services, following The Tributary’s reporting on the beleaguered …

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From Armor to NaphCare: Unraveling the Jacksonville Sheriff's …

WEBA Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office vehicle parked outside of the Police Memorial Building. [Andrew Pantazi/The Tributary] The last time Jacksonville quietly signed a …

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$6.3 million wake-up call: Judge finds former Duval jail medical

WEBThe Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office John E. Goode Pre-Trial Detention Facility. [Andrew Pantazi] A state judge found Armor Correctional Health Services at fault for a …

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Former Duval jail medical provider, Armor, says it can't pay …

WEBA court filing shows that Armor Health Management has has $153 million in unsecured debt, including its payments due to employees, consultants, lawyers and …

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Rising costs and in-custody deaths: Jacksonville's struggle with jail

WEBPartly because of the Jacksonville jail’s lack of medical facilities, UF Health cared for 4,429 inmates in 2023, compared to 2,842 the year prior, according to records …

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Jacksonville Sheriff's Office lists contract violations by jail health

WEBA Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office cruiser parked outside the Police Memorial Building. [Andrew Pantazi/The Tributary] The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office cited a slew of …

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Jacksonville jail records tenth death for the year, continuing surge

WEBTen people have died in Duval County jail custody this year, marking the fourth year in a row the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has seen double-digit deaths at the …

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Former Duval County jail medical provider failed to pay settlement …

WEBLina Odom, 28, died in custody of the Duval County jail. The Duval County jail’s former medical provider has landed itself back in court — this time for failing to pay …

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The Tributary’s Nichole Manna receives national recognition for jail

WEBManna’s investigation of medical neglect in the Duval County Jail earned an honorable mention in the 2024 National Institute for Health Care Management award for …

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Jacksonville jail records 12th death of the year, first under new

WEBThis is the first death recorded under the care of the jail’s new medical provider, NaphCare, which took over from Armor Correctional Health Services on Sept. …

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Duval jail's medical provider says it gave 'quality medical care' to

WEBDuval County jail’s medical provider, Armor Correctional Services, said in a statement on Friday that staff gave “quality medical care” to a heart transplant recipient …

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Duval jail kept medical provider even after million-dollar settlements

WEBThe Tributary found settlements ranging from $300,000 to $7.8 million. Fourteen of those settlements involved Florida jails. The company will likely be sued by …

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Auditor: Mounting debt, inmate care, cost of treating poor people …

WEBUF Health Jacksonville [Nichole Manna/The Tributary] Northeast Florida’s largest hospital and central caregiver for its neediest patients is in dire straits due to a …

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'My heart will be rejected': Jacksonville man dies after missing …

WEBWhen the nurse couldn’t get Barry off the floor, he called 911. Barry died at UF Health Jacksonville. The county medical examiner declined to perform an autopsy, …

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Jacksonville is facing its deadliest year in three decades

WEBWe are the seventh-most populous county in the state, and we have had the second-most homicides in the state every year since 2012. We have been the murder …

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Jacksonville lawmakers call for DOJ investigation of Duval jail …

WEBIn July, The Tributary found at least a dozen people who said they didn’t get their prescriptions while jailed between December and June. The Tributary also found …

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Councilman Terrance Freeman wins re-election to Jacksonville City

WEBFreeman, a Republican, was first appointed to the council by then-Gov. Rick Scott in 2018. He was initially appointed to represent a heavily Democratic district, but in …

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Jacksonville jail's review of deaths deemed inadequate by …

WEBThe Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office John E. Goode Pre-Trial Detention Facility. [Andrew Pantazi] Update: As a part of its probation with the National Commission on …

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