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Some companies vying for Hillsborough jail contract have pasts to overcome
By tbo.com- Keith Morelli
Published: 08/14/2014

TAMPA — Hillsborough County sheriff’s are deciding which company to pick to treat sick and injured jail inmates. As they sort through seven bids, they have to weigh not only what the businesses promise to provide in the future but what they have done right - and wrong - in the past.

Armor Correctional Health Services has treated sick and injured inmates at the Falkenburg Road and Orient Road jails since 2010. The monthly fee charged varies depending on the average number of inmates at the county’s two lock-ups, which combined has a capacity of more than 4,100.

So far this fiscal year, which began on Oct. 1, the sheriff’s office has paid Armor nearly $17.6 million for its services, jail records show.

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