Wexford Health Sources, Inc. is an American healthcare services company that is headquartered in Foster Plaza Two in Green Tree, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
It was to provide medical, mental health, pharmacy, rehabilitation, utilization management, claims processing and technology services to more than 14,000 Mississippi prisoners at 34 facilities statewide.
In 2008, the company received a contract to "provide inmate health care services" at the Walnut Grove Correctional Facility, which was then renewed in 2011.
[5] According to an October 2013 report by the American Friends Service Committee, Wexford has "a well published history of problems" in several states across the country.
"[7] On February 8, 2017, Wexford Health Sources along with Cornell Companies, Management and Training Corporation, Global Tel Link, Sentinel Offender Services and many others were sued by the Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood for allegedly engaging in corrupt contracts with the Mississippi Department of Corrections and its former Commissioner, Chris Epps.