City-parish seeks to speed up prison health care privatization plan after doctor quits

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Editors note: This story has been updated since original publication to clarify comments made by Parish Attorney Lea Anne Batson.  Mayor Kip Holden’s office is speeding up its plan to hire a private company to manage health care for East Baton Rouge Parish Prison inmates after a doctor quit over malpractice lawsuits. The overcrowded parish prison

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