Recent prison deal will have no bearing in the Big Country - Abilene Reporter-News

A deal by the Texas prison board to approve a multimillion-dollar contract to secure offender health care services outside its traditional university providers will not have a bearing on prisoners in the Big Country, officials say.

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The arrangement does not interrupt medical care in the Big Country provided by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, which acts as the health care provider to the western portion of Texas, said Jason Clark, TDCJ spokesman.

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