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| State cuts prison health jobs |
| By .tallahassee.com - Arek Sarkissian II |
| Published: 11/06/2012 |
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About 1,900 state workers are getting letters that their jobs soon will end as the state Department of Corrections moves forward with privatization of its health care services. Those current state employees will instead work for a private, for-profit company starting Jan. 1 when the contracts kick in. Ongoing litigation could still block the move. The letters to state workers started hitting mailboxes on Thursday, notifying workers in North Florida that their services no longer would be managed by the state. On Oct 15, state DOC Secretary Ken Tucker signed a contract with Corizon Correctional Healthcare to provide health care services at roughly 50 facilities that stretch from the Panhandle to Jacksonville and just north of Orlando. The DOC has yet to sign a contract with another company, Wexford Health Sources, which will provide services to the remaining portion of the state. Read More. |
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