Firm to lay off dozens of local workers after losing contract

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Centurion Detention Health Services LLC’s subcontractor MHM Health Professionals LLC, which does business as Centurion Professionals, plans to lay off 80 Central Florida workers.

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The layoffs are due to the April 23 end of a contract with Volusia County government, according to a Feb. 23 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed with the state.

The Sterling, Virginia-based company was providing inmate medical services on behalf of the county at its correctional facilities, with the subcontractor providing the labor.

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