For years, Wellpath, the largest commercial provider of healthcare in jails and prisons across 37 states, has been the target of federal lawsuits and scrutiny by lawmakers for its practices that have ...

Niki Capaci, a mother of seven, died last year while incarcerated in a New York jail. Her family is suing Wellpath, a top provider of medical care in that jail and hundreds of other facilities around ...

Niki Capaci had her faults, but she was first and foremost a mother and a protector, her family said. As a young girl, she had severe asthma, so while her siblings played outside, she played house.

Niki Capaci (third from right) sits with her children in an old family photo. (The Capaci family) Niki Capaci, a mother of seven, died last year while incarcerated in a New York jail. Her family is ...