Supreme Court rejects Arizona delay of prison health care takeover
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Arizona's last-minute bid to delay a court-ordered takeover of prison health care, leaving former Ohio corrections director Annette Chambers-Smith set to begin running care for about 25,000 incarcerated people on Oct. 19. The takeover follows more than a decade of litigation after a 2014 settlement and findings that Arizona provided constitutionally inadequate care, including more than $2 million in contempt fines and a 2021 injunction. U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver ordered the receivership after finding persistent systemic deficiencies across nine state-run prisons, and both the state and prisoner lawyers have contested the remedy.
An outside receiver will oversee Arizona prison health care from Oct. 19.
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Courts found Arizona's prison health care unconstitutional after long litigation. A…
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