PHOENIX (CBS5) -

Some serious concerns have surfaced recently about the healthcare of Arizona's inmates.

Monday the company that the Arizona Department of Corrections contracted to care for inmates issued a statement about the claims.

Allegations surfaced nearly two weeks ago when the Arizona Department of Corrections said some of the inmates are not getting their medication, are being exposed to hepatitis C and said one even committed suicide. According to the DOC, it all happened under the watch of Wexford Health Sources.

Wexford Health Sources was contracted by the DOC in July to care for the inmates.

"I understand they are in there because they did something to get in there, but that's no reason to decline them healthcare," said Freddie Bowman.

Bowman said her son has been in the Florence Prison since 2005 and has had a recent incident where he did not get the treatment he needed.

"He had little white blisters from the strep throat all in there and he couldn't eat," she said.

Bowman said it was days before her son got care and by then the doctor "diagnosed him with having a high fever and very sick," she said.

Another family member of an inmate, Ana Hebner, had a similar story.

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