As the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office dealt with a surge of jail deaths, its own review of those deaths were “minimal”, failed to meet national standards and took too long, a national accrediting agency told the department in March.
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Duval judge to council: ‘We are an incident away from a federal court order’
The judge told a city councilman the office was “an incident away from a federal court order.”
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Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announces 11th jail death this year
So far this year, 11 people have died in Duval County jail, marking the fourth year in a row the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has seen double-digit deaths at the jail under a private medical provider.
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Jacksonville jail records tenth death for the year, continuing surge under private medical provider
Of the 10 deaths, causes are known for two, according to autopsies from the Medical Examiner’s Office. A 35-year-old man died by suicide in March and a 66-year-old man died from complications of tuberculosis.
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Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office lists contract violations by jail health care provider
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office cited a slew of contract violations by Armor Correctional Health Services as a reason for canceling its second contract with the company years before it was set to expire.
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National accrediting agency put Duval jail on probation, records show
A key national accrediting agency warned the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office three months ago that its medical care was deficient and placed its jail on probation in April, according to records obtained by The Tributary.
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Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office ending its Armor jail health care contract
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office will cancel its $98 million contract with Armor Correctional Health Care, following The Tributary’s reporting on the beleaguered company, a chief confirmed Tuesday.
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Jacksonville’s jail death rate tripled after privatizing medical care
Deaths in the Duval County jail have tripled since Armor Correctional Health Services started handling health care – with about four deaths per year from 2012 to 2017 and about 13 deaths per year since 2018.
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Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office jail leadership pushed out
Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters shook up his senior command staff over the last month, asking for the resignations or demotions of three jail officials after The Tributary’s reporting uncovered unsafe medical conditions in the Duval jail, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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Duval jail kept medical provider even after million-dollar settlements, deaths, other sheriffs’ complaints
Despite hundreds of lawsuits against Armor Correctional Health Services, millions of dollars worth of settlements and dead inmates across the country, Jacksonville leaders signed contracts twice with the company, allowing it to run the Duval County jail’s health care for at least a decade.