The U.S. Department of Justice informed two Jacksonville legislators that it had referred their request for an investigation into the Duval County jail.
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From Armor to NaphCare: Unraveling the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s jail health deals
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office inks a secretive jail health contract with NaphCare after canceling Armor Correctional’s deal.
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Jacksonville jail records 12th death of the year, first under new medical provider
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office recorded its 12th inmate death for 2023 and the first under its new medical provider, Naphcare.
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$6.3 million wake-up call: Judge finds former Duval jail medical provider liable for COVID-19 outbreak
State judge rules Armor Correctional Health Services liable for Duval County Jail’s 2020 COVID-19 outbreak, ordering $6.3M in damages to affected officers and spouses. This decision follows The Tributary’s reporting on the tripling of inmate deaths under Armor.
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Former Duval County jail medical provider failed to pay settlement on time, lawyer says
The Duval County jail’s former medical provider has landed itself back in court — this time for failing to pay the first sum in a wrongful-death settlement.
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Jacksonville lawmakers call for DOJ investigation of Duval jail conditions
Two Jacksonville legislators called on the Department of Justice to investigate Duval County’s jail after The Tributary found the death rate among inmates tripled after the jail privatized medical care.
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Jacksonville jail’s review of deaths deemed inadequate by accrediting agency
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.