OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma County Detention Heart is not going to lose its in-house medical care supplier.
Flip Key Well being has opted to not cancel its contract with the jail.
A Detention Heart officer was distributing remedy to inmates when he was taken hostage and stabbed. He was freed after Oklahoma Metropolis officers entered the jail and shot and killed an inmate who was allegedly holding a makeshift knife to the officer’s throat.
Days after the hostage disaster, KFOR obtained a letter Flip Key representatives despatched to Detention Heart officers, through which the representatives cited unsafe circumstances for Flip Key workers and threatened to cancel the corporate’s contract with the jail if staffing was not elevated by the tip of the month.
Nevertheless, Flip Key representatives have since famous a safety presence enchancment throughout each day operations on the jail.
Flip Key representatives mentioned there’s nonetheless a necessity for extra workers on the Detention Heart, however they look ahead to persevering with a protracted partnership with the jail.
“The management group will proceed to coordinate with our companions strategies to enhance effectivity and security in service,” mentioned Tricia Everest, chair of the Oklahoma County Prison Justice Authority. “We respect TurnKey and are dedicated to proceed to work with them.”
Flip Key has supplied medical care on the Detention Heart for 3 years.
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