#Milwaukee Cty to audit medical care in jails after 4 deaths: Jails are run by Sheriff David Clarke!
So--these jails are run by a private for profit company!!
Lots of details in the article.
Clarke is too busy going on Fox news and propping up Trump to pay attention to his job here in Wisconsin! This audit is past due!
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@WisDems: #Milwaukee Cty to audit medical care in jails after 4 deaths http://on.jsonl.in/2gUVH68 Jails are run by Sheriff Clarke!! #tcot #p2
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Milwaukee County to audit medical care in jails after 4 deaths
Jacob Carpenter , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 10:11 p.m. CST December 2, 2016
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Milwaukee County auditors have started a wide-ranging investigation into medical care at the county's two jails, where four people have died in recent months and a court-appointed monitor found numerous problems related to inmate treatment.
Jerry Heer, director of audits for the Milwaukee County Office of the Comptroller, confirmed this week that auditors plan to investigate whether Armor Correctional Health Services is meeting contract requirements and standards of medical care. Armor, a Miami-based for-profit company, has contracted with the county since 2013 to provide medical care at the Milwaukee County Jail and the House of Correction.
Theodore Lipscomb Sr., chairman of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors, requested the audit in early November, days after a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article detailed Armor's staffing and performance issues amid the rash of deaths at the Milwaukee County Jail. Comptroller Scott Manske agreed one day later to start the audit, Heer said........................
The Milwaukee County Jail is run by Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. and houses about 950 inmates per day. The House of Correction is managed by county officials and holds about 1,250 inmates.
All four deaths at Clarke's jail remain under investigation and as a result, detectives and the medical examiner's office have released few details about them. But some information has emerged through public records in three of the cases.....................
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