Prison firm that previously pulled out wins new contract
Source: By KAREN VOYLES, Gainesville Sun (FL), Oct 24, 2006
Florida's prison chief is giving another chance - and another $58 million - to a company that is bailing out of a health care contract for a quarter of the state's inmates. Prison Health Services of Tennessee signed a 10-year, $644.8 million contract earlier this year, promising to provide health care for inmates in Region IV - southernmost Florida - of the Department of Corrections. Over the summer, the company announced it would pull out of the deal in November after 10 months, claiming the contract "underperformed financially."