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PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues

Loaded on Nov. 15, 2006 by John Dannenberg published in Prison Legal News November, 2006, page 1

Filed under: Private Prisons, Financing, Prison Health Services, EMSA, Contractor Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, HIV/AIDS, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Injury -- Misc., Private Contractors, Skin, OB/GYN, Vision, Diabetes, Hepatitis, Discovery, Contractor Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides. Location: United States of America.

by John E. Dannenberg

Prison Health Services (PHS), a subsidiary of America Service Group, Inc. (ASG), continues to face lawsuits and lose contracts for its deplorable record of prisoner health care gaffes in a dozen states. The old maxim Physician, heal thyself might be good advice for ASG, whose stock ...

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