The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing an internal memo, Veterans Affairs staffers and congressional aides.

New provider: Substandard medical care has caused preventable harm — and even death — to people locked up in American prisons and jails. That care is often provided by private, for-profit companies. Among them is Centurion Health, the provider with which Illinois recently inked a deal to deliver medical care to people housed in every state prison.