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After a 40-year run as the Monterey County Jail’s health care provider, Wellpath’s tenure is coming to an end. The search for its successor ha…
Erik Chalhoub here. When I was part of a tour of the Monterey County Jail for an article in 2024, I got the impression that such tours were a …
Katie Rodriguez here. A couple weeks ago I wrote a story that revealed that Wellpath, who’s been the health care provider in the Monterey Coun…
At budget hearings in May, Undersheriff Keith Boyd had just 10 minutes to break down the requests for what would be the largest ask in Montere…
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 on Aug. 1 ordered Wellpath, the County of Monterey’s health care contractor in the jail, to submit a report by Aug. 16 outlini…
In the wake of the sixth inmate death this year at Monterey County Jail, several families of people who have died at the jail have launched wr…
A federal judge ruled that Monterey County Jail’s for-profit health care provider is in violation of a class-action settlement over inadequate…
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SOON AFTER BEING BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL IN FEBRUARY, Erick Stewart struck up a friendship with fellow inmate James Hall. The angle o…
In 2013, Glenda Hunter was not well – she had been previously diagnosed with diabetes, fibromyalgia and bone cancer, and took a number of pres…