{"id":797893,"date":"2026-05-15T09:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/797893\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T09:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:45:16","slug":"no-paycheck-no-answers-alabama-prison-healthcare-staff-worry-theyll-never-be-paid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/797893\/","title":{"rendered":"No paycheck, no answers: Alabama prison healthcare staff worry they\u2019ll never be paid"},"content":{"rendered":"

UNION SPRINGS, Ala. (WSFA<\/a>) – A prison healthcare contractor whose $1 billion deal with the Alabama Department of Corrections was canceled after it failed to pay workers on time has now filed for bankruptcy. <\/p>\n

YesCare sought Chapter 11 protection Friday in federal court in Florida, listing up to $500 million in liabilities and an estimated $50 million to $100 million in assets. Court records show at least 200 Alabama-based creditors, including medical practices, hospitals and ambulance services across the state.<\/p>\n

YesCare employees have now gone more than two weeks without pay- and no timeline on when or if their paychecks will be issued.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasically, we haven\u2019t heard from YesCare,\u201d Janetha Oliver, an Licensed practicing nurse and the Bullock County Correctional Faclilty said. \u201cAt first, they were telling us that we\u2019re going to get paid on Monday, and then they\u2019ll tell us we\u2019ll get paid on Tuesday. Now they just ain\u2019t saying anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oliver says the company\u2019s silence is concerning, and she\u2019s worried she will never see the pay she is due for two weeks of work.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a concern because it\u2019s basically everybody\u2019s putting it back to YesCare,\u201d Oliver said. \u201cBut you guys authorized YesCare to have this contract in the 1st place. We are still your employees. So, overall, you\u2019re still responsible for making sure we get paid.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time employees have been paid late.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were late paying us the last two weeks,\u201d Mary Burks, the sick call nurse at the Bullock County Correctional Facility, said. \u201cThen we had to wait until that following Tuesday to get paid that time. So this was their last paycheck that they were supposed to have paid us this time. And so nobody\u2019s telling us anything about our pay. Nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

As gas prices continue to trend upward, Oliver says she simply can\u2019t afford to skip a paycheck.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have bills that we need to pay,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have homes that we\u2019re trying to pay for our vehicles, gasoline, especially with the prices at what they are right now. It\u2019s taking dang dear $90, 70 to $90 to fill up this vehicle that I drive two or three times a week, and we don\u2019t have money to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burks says Oliver isn\u2019t the only one struggling to make ends meet in the absence of a paycheck.<\/p>\n

\u201cA couple of people at work have lost their cars,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re overdrafting their bank. They ain\u2019t got the money to put it in, put it in there, and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair for us to keep working without a paycheck.\u201d<\/p>\n

With YesCare\u2019s bankruptcy, employees don\u2019t know who is responsible for issuing their pay.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis other company took over, but they don\u2019t feel like they\u2019re responsible for paying us this last check,\u201d Burks said. \u201cI feel like the state should step in and pay us since they gave them the contract.\u201d<\/p>\n

As of right now, employees continue to go to work, though they don\u2019t know when their next check will arrive, or if they will ever receive their missing check.<\/p>\n

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