Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

A sister company of Puerto Rico’s prison health care provider maintains multimillion-dollar contracts with the city of St. Louis and a Virginia county.

The Office of the Inspector General has flagged unusual procurement practices at the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which hired professional services through purchase orders — sometimes without withholding taxes — and paid invoices that lacked detailed descriptions of the work performed.

Verdict: False

Meanwhile, eight Corrections employees face possible dismissal over the release of femicide convict Hermes Ávila Vázquez, following a misdiagnosis endorsed by the health services provider.

Physician Correctional, a company known for wrongly authorizing the release of femicide Hermes Ávila Vázquez, has been facing serious accusations for years but refuses to answer questions.