Fulton sheriff may not agree to jail health care deal
Fulton County commissioners voted Wednesday to extend the health care contract at the jail for one year, over the objections of the sheriff’s office, who said the company’s performance was inadequate.
Sheriff Theodore Jackson might go to court to get an injunction stopping Corizon from providing health care at the jail. The sheriff said through a spokeswoman that he was “exploring his options.”
The county is required to provide health care for inmates, so it is likely that some compromise will be reached. But commissioners said they felt forced to make a decision on health care before the current contract expires Dec. 31.
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Arielle Kass covers Gwinnett County for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She started at the paper in 2010, and has covered business and local government beats around metro Atlanta. Arielle is a graduate of Emory University.
