Category: Broward Sheriff’s Office
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Broward Sheriff picks Armor for lucrative jail contract; questions about cost, care linger
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
UPDATE: Aug. 8 — Broward Sheriff Scott Israel has chosen Miami’s Armor Correctional Health Services for another lucrative term providing medical, dental and other care to the county’s jail inmates. Click through to read more. -
Broward jail healthcare firm up for new contract did not disclose $800K wrongful death payout
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A Miami healthcare company looking to renew its multimillion dollar contract to care for Broward’s jail inmates did not disclose in bid documents that it paid an $800,000 wrongful-death settlement earlier this year in Tampa. -
Amid intrigue and suspicion, Broward sheriff to award $145 million jail healthcare contract
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel is expected soon to award a contact worth as much as $145 million over the next five years for the delivery of healthcare services to the county’s approximately 5,000 jail inmates. The road to a deal has been full of turns, with intrigue and suspicion around every curve. -
With two huge contracts up for grabs, the plotting quickens at the Broward Sheriff’s Office
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Two of the biggest contracts that Broward Sheriff Scott Israel will ever get to hand out – worth as much as $350 million to the winning bidders – are scheduled for award this summer. -
Killer’s wife set to inherit victim’s money; “a travesty,” Broward prosector says
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Ten years ago, killer Robert Burkell bludgeoned to death his 81-year-old tenant Charles Bertheas. The motive: money. Today, Burkell is in prison for life. But his wife Susan, who authorities say did not participate in the slaying but knew what was happening, is set to inherit the victim’s money. -
Hidden owner of ‘news’ site gave $120,000 to group that paid sheriff’s campaign manager
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The registered owner of an online Broward “news” operation contributed over $120,000 to a political group that made payments to a firm owned by Sheriff Scott Israel’s campaign manager, Amy Rose, and to her husband.
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