Criminal justice advocates want an investigation in the medical treatment in Delaware prisons.
It involves a $60 million contract with Connections Community Support Services.
State Representative Melissa Minor-Brown who chairs to House Corrections Committee told the Wilmington News Journal that the non-profit needs to demonstrate that it is doing its job.
The move comes after the paper ran a story on the death of 40-year old James Daniels an inmate at the Sussex Corrections Center.
The News Journal found that after collapsing in the chow line and foaming at the mouth it took 18 minutes before Connections staff called 911.
Ryan Tack-Hooper with the American Civil Liberties said stories like this show that the care is inadequate.
Connections agreed to talk about quality of care with the News Journal but then the paper reports they backed out.
Instead, the non-profit noted that the National Commission on Correctional Health Care found it is accredited by its voluntary health services accreditation program.
