Indiana Hopes Cost-Cutting Move at Prisons Saves $5 Million Yearly

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The Indiana Department of Correction projects it will save nearly $5 million annually by privatizing nursing services, even after spending an estimated $1 million to monitor the performance of its new health care contractor.

The agency is moving its inmate health care contract at the end of this month from Prison Health Services Inc. of Brentwood, Tenn., to St. Louis-based Correctional Medical Services Inc.

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Indiana Hopes Cost-Cutting Move at Prisons Saves $5 Million Yearly

Correctional Medical will receive an estimated $264.4 million over the four-year life of the contract, including slightly more than...

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