The suit also alleges that the performance bond for the contract was changed from $1 million to $118 million, putting the contract out of reach for Corizon, which is smaller than Centurion. The suit alleges Landers received a “cushy” job with a Centurion affiliate in Georgia in exchange for the information. One was a draft of the request for proposals sent to Wells nearly two months before it was made public.
Some of the emails were recovered from Centurion. Wells and Landers also allegedly communicated using the encrypted messaging service WhatsApp. Landers used a program that automatically scrubbed the emails from his computer. In April 2021, Corizon filed an amended complaint in federal court alleging former DOC chief financial officer Wesley Landers sent internal DOC emails related to the contract to a home Gmail account, then forwarded them to Centurion Vice President Jeffery Wells. The move came after Corizon accused the DOC and Missouri-based Centurion of bid rigging in a federal court filing.
On May 10, 2021, the Tennessee Department of Corrections (DOC) announced that it would rebid the $123 million contract it had awarded to Centurion to provide behavioral health services-including psychiatric and addiction services-to prisoners in DOC prisons. Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on G+ Share with email
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