Also at 11 a.m., former workers contracted inside Nassau County Correctional Center will join with a local good government group to speak out for the first time against controversial
jail medical care provider Armor Correctional Health Services for what they believe was poor and abusive treatment of inmates, 100 Carman Ave., East Meadow, Long Island.
Not exact matches
The family of a 62 - year - old man who died last year in Nassau County
jail custody has filed a $ 60 million federal lawsuit against the county and the facility's former
medical provider, claiming the inmate died because he was denied proper
care.
Activists rallied outside Nassau's
jail Friday to call for an investigation into why the county renewed the contract of the facility's
medical provider last year after the state had criticized the quality of health
care.
The family of a 62 - year - old man who died last year in Nassau County
jail custody has filed a $ 60 million federal lawsuit against the county and the facility's former
medical provider that claims the inmate died because he was denied proper
care, court papers say.
The controversy between the Nassau County
jail and its
medical care provider continues.
A Nassau County
jail inmate died yesterday, marking the sixth inmate custody fatality this year at a time when the East Meadow facility's private
medical provider has come under intense scrutiny after allegations of negligent
care.