Armor Correctional Health Services

A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office cruiser is parked outside the Police Memorial Building.

Jail health care provider cited for slew of contract violations

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office notified Armor Correctional Health Services that it violated its contract to provide health care at the Duval jail.

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National accrediting agency put Duval jail on probation, records show

Nichole Manna - The Tributary

The National Commission on Correctional Health Care warned the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office three months ago that the jail's medical care was deficient.

Duval County Sheriff T.K. Waters joins Mayor Donna Deegan, left, and others on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, to announce a new medical provider at the Duval County jail.

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Sheriff T.K. Waters explains shift in jail's health care

Dan Scanlan

The Duval County jail will cut ties with Armor Correctional Health Services after a former inmate died. The new provider, NaphCare, also has raised questions.

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Duval jail will dump troubled Armor health provider

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The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office intends to end its contract with Armor Correctional Health Care, which is accused of denying inmates care and medication.

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Duval jail kept medical provider despite lawsuits and deaths

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Jacksonville leaders signed two contracts with Armor Correctional Health Services despite 570 lawsuits and inmate deaths across the country.

The John E. Goode Pre-trial Detention Facility, commonly referred to as the Duval County Jail.

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Florida opens investigation into Duval County jail’s medical provider

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Armor Correctional Services failed to report that it was convicted in the death of a Milwaukee inmate in October 2022.

Dexter Barry repeatedly asked for his heart transplant medicine while in the back of a police car.

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Duval inmate dies after missing transplant medication

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Jail staff knew Dexter Barry needed “urgent” transplant medication last November but never gave the medicine to him, new Duval County jail records reveal.