Since its beginnings in 1983 Taylor Fithian's company, California Forensic Medical Group, has had an alarming number of inmate deaths. The negligent for-profit medical-services provider and its eye on the bottom line and a healthy return for investors. California Forensic Medical Group is in the midst of a federal lawsuit that originated in 2013. Company founder Dr. Taylor Fithian and CFMG, are "the target of a high-profile federal lawsuit alleging unconstitutional and 'systematically' poor medical care.At least three county grand juries have criticized the company’s role in inmate deaths. A common thread in the reports and court complaints: CFMG allegedly provides insufficient mental health and detoxification services, two of the most persistent needs in jails.In a 10-year period ending in May 2014, 92 people died of suicide or a drug overdose while in the custody of a jail served by CFMG.CFMG’s population-adjusted rate for such deaths is about 50 percent higher than in other county jails. Most of the people who died in such cases were not yet convicted of a crime, according to the state database, as is the case for most jail fatalities.