A private prison health care company accused of substandard care is awarded new contract in Illinois – WAND (Decatur)

Illinois has awarded a more than $4 billion prison medical care contract to the same company it's used for three decades, despite multimillion-dollar lawsuits against the firm and statewide complaints alleging substandard care. The offer from Pittsburgh-based Wexford Health Sources also came in $673 million higher than one from VitalCore Health Strategies of Topeka, Kansas - the only two bidders on the state's contract.