![]() In addition to the Tennessee and Michigan contracts, Corizon lost the Kansas Department of Corrections contract to Centurion in April 2020. It has struggled to maintain its contracts in recent years. It is the largest for-profit prison health care provider in the country, and has been sued numerous times by inmates alleging substandard care in Missouri and other states where it operates. Centurion intervened in the case to protect its interests in the lawsuit.Ĭorizon’s record as the state’s prison health care provider is mixed. “To then challenge the state’s right to refuse to amend plaintiff’s contract and jeopardize intervenor’s contract is not acting in good faith.”Ĭorizon is suing the state Division of Purchasing, which handles the evaluation and award of most state contracts. “Plaintiffs attempted to pressure the state into amending its contract for additional funds and was unsuccessful,” Hatfield wrote. He filed a brief noting that the state turned down Corizon’s demand for more money to treat prisoners with COVID-19. 14.Ĭenturion’s attorney Chuck Hatfield also accuses Corizon of having unclean hands, but for a different reason. Unless Green blocks it, the new contract, originally scheduled to begin July 1, is set to begin on Nov. In a September hearing, Green said he would rule by Monday.Ĭorizon is seeking to protect the Corrections Department contract it has held since the state privatized prisoner health care 30 years ago. It is scheduled for three days but the attorneys anticipate it will be finished Thursday afternoon. Unclean hands is a legal term meaning a party engaged in conduct that disqualifies it from suing.Ĭole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green will preside over the trial that starts Wednesday. ![]() ![]() “Just as plaintiff has alleged that Centurion failed to notify the defendants that it lost a contract with Tennessee, plaintiff similarly failed to notify the defendants in its (Best and Final Offer) that it had lost a contract in the state of Michigan since the submission of its original proposal to the RFP,” assistant attorney general Craig Jacobs wrote. That gives it “unclean hands” in this case, wrote Craig Jacobs, assistant attorney general. But Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office, which is defending the state, wrote in a brief filed last week that Corizon didn’t notify the state it lost a bid to continue as the Michigan contractor. Long-term contractor Corizon Health is accusing the winning bidder, Centurion Health, of failing to disclose it lost a contract in Tennessee under a cloud of suspicion. ![]() As both sides of a dispute over Missouri’s $1.4 billion prison health care contract prepare to face off in court Wednesday, the current provider is being accused of bad faith in its lawsuit seeking to hold on to the contract. ![]()
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