Residents urge county to end Wellpath contract after multiple jail deaths
Several public commenters recounted recent deaths at the Shelby County Jail and urged the commission to terminate the county's contract with Wellpath, alleging systemic medical neglect and delays in care. Speakers named specific cases and asked commissioners to pursue diversion and community-based mental-health alternatives.
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Public commenters used the commission's public-comment period to deliver detailed allegations of medical neglect at the Shelby County Jail and urged the Board of Commissioners to end the county's contract with health-care vendor Wellpath.
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