Poor medical care and at least 15 needless deaths at the Broward County Jail since 2010 appear to have caught up with controversial Miami-based Armor Correctional Health Services, which has lost its bid for another multi-million, multi-year contract to provide medical services to county inmates. But Sheriff Scott Israel’s decision this month to bypass low-bidder Armor and deem similarly priced Correct Care Solutions LLC to be the successful bidder may also prove problematic. Correct Care has its own troubling history.
Two recent Broward jail deaths, one deemed “suspect”, prompt public defenders to call out Sheriff.
As part of ongoing court monitoring, the American Civil Liberties Union was at Broward jails last week combing through medical records and talking to inmates, according to Greg Lauer, a lawyer who has sued jail staff multiple times for alleged mistreatment of inmates. Though the jail changed healthcare providers in 2018, Lauer said little has changed. “It’s all the same staff, I’ve sued all these people multiple times,” Lauer said. “I’ve read hundreds of thousands of pages of medical records that just make my toes curl, it’s awful. Things you just think wouldn’t happen in America.”