Physician Correctional

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.

Verdict: False

In response to a Centro de Periodismo Investigativo lawsuit, the agency acknowledged it has "no report" from the company owned by New Progressive Party communications consultant Ramón Alejandro Pabón García. The contractor has secured over $5 million in government contracts individually and through several companies.

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.