Editor's Note: On Nov. 20, 2025, nearly a week after The Midwest Newsroom asked the Iowa Department of Corrections to comment for this article, department communications specialist Zach Carlyle ...

When COVID hit in March 2020, Durham was quarantined but allegedly told he couldn’t bring his cane. Soon after, he says he told a nurse he was suffering horrible back pain, needed his cane, and wanted ...

York County Prison health care workers who are being laid off will be offered positions with the company taking over as the prison’s provider. Mediko — which on Tuesday, Aug. 12, was awarded the ...

A Sun-Times review of more than 100 lawsuits against Centurion Health shows a recurring pattern: People in prison repeatedly complain about a health issue, are ignored by correctional and medical ...

Illinois lawmakers and reform advocates are calling for stronger oversight of the state’s new prison health care provider following a Chicago Sun-Times report. On Dec. 10, the Sun-Times published a ...