Judge Orders Corizon To Release Inmate Settlement Details

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico district court judge has ordered Corizon Health to release settlement agreements it made with inmates who have filed lawsuits against the company. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/2byzvOB ) that on Tuesday the judge sided with two newspapers and an advocacy group that the for-profit provider of inmate medical services was not protected by confidentially agreements made with the prisoners who had sued. Until recently Corizon held a $37.5 million-per-year contract Department of Corrections to provide medical services at 10 New Mexico prisons. In June, Corizon settled claims filed by 59 inmates at two New Mexico facilities for nearly $4.6 million. The Santa Fe New Mexican, the Albuquerque Journal and the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government had requested the settlements be made public.