Allen County Sheriff Bryan Murphy urged county commissioners to consider hiring Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc., a privately-owned company that specializes in overseeing and delivering medical care to inmates at correctional facilities.
Not only would the service promise less expensive, more efficient care for the inmate population, argued Murphy, it would also provide an extra layer of liability protection should an inmate sue the county claiming inadequate or injurious medical care. [As a sheriff], explained Murphy, there are two big things you get sued on: the jail and…
