“Lack of Leadership” Cited Against CMS In Delaware
Correctional Medical Services, the State of Delaware’s inmate health care provider, is strongly criticized in an independent auditor’s report.
Continued poor performance by the Department of Correction’s medical vendor could hamper the department’s efforts to get out from under federal supervision by the U.S. Justice Department, according to a new report by an independent monitor overseeing the state prison system. Correctional Medical Services, a private company Delaware pays millions a year to provide medical care to inmates, suffers from a “lack of stable and effective leadership,” Independent Monitor Joshua W. Martin III wrote in a 229-page report released today … While Martin found that the DOC has made some improvements, he concluded that many CMS staff lacked proper credentials or were working outside their areas of expertise.
The Delaware News-Journal has more information.