Appearing in The Guardian on Aug. 18, 2025, Hannah Harris Green interviews Caroline Cohn, staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center, for coverage of two private-equity backed companies that have been accused of failing to protect inmates from risk of harm, and even preventable death.
“When private healthcare companies receive a fixed fee per person, their financial incentive is to spend less on the care they’re providing to incarcerated patients,” Cohn explained. “The impact on quality of care is predictable, and there are hundreds of lawsuits, complaints, and news stories documenting just how horrific this care often is.”
Caroline Cohn, staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center.
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