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With Wellpath’s contract set to expire, County opens bids for jail health care providers.
News

With Wellpath’s contract set to expire, County opens bids for jail health care providers.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Feb 27, 2025

A request for proposals for correctional health services at the Monterey County Jail could signal the end for Wellpath, the current health car…

A federal judge will decide whether the county jail is fulfilling its promises.
Local Spin | Opinion

A federal judge will decide whether the county jail is fulfilling its promises.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Aug 24, 2023

In 2013, Glenda Hunter was not well – she had been previously diagnosed with diabetes, fibromyalgia and bone cancer, and took a number of pres…

Monterey County Jail is violating a settlement over living conditions, lawyers claim.
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Monterey County Jail is violating a settlement over living conditions, lawyers claim.

  • Rey Mashayekhi
  • May 4, 2023

Lawyers representing Monterey County Jail inmates in a settlement over conditions claim that the jail’s health care provider is in violation o…

Hunger strike at Monterey County Jail ends, and sheriff candidates weigh in on the issue.
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Hunger strike at Monterey County Jail ends, and sheriff candidates weigh in on the issue.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Aug 18, 2022

On Sunday afternoon, Aug. 14, 150 inmates who had been refusing to eat at the Monterey County jail ended their two-week hunger strike.

A crisis of deaths by suicide continues to plague the Monterey County Jail.
Local Spin | Opinion

A crisis of deaths by suicide continues to plague the Monterey County Jail.

  • Sara Rubin
  • May 12, 2022

Juan Carlos Chavez was trying to get his life in order when on Monday, April 18, he turned himself in for what his family says was an outstand…

Attorneys for inmates who sued in a landmark case say Monterey County Jail is slow to change.
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Attorneys for inmates who sued in a landmark case say Monterey County Jail is slow to change.

  • Mary Duan
  • Jun 3, 2021

Over the course of two days in May, psychiatrist Kerry Hughes, a nationally recognized expert in the field of correctional mental health, took…

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