Business Insider wins Barlett and Steele Award

Nicole Einbinder and Dakin Campbell have been awarded The Silver Award from the 18th Annual Barlett and Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism for their 11-part series, "Corizon's Troubled Two-Step." The series was edited by Esther Kaplan, with additional support from John Cook and Jeffrey Cane.

Einbinder and Campbell's investigation uncovered how prison healthcare giant Corizon had pulled a controversial legal maneuver called the Texas Two-Step to skirt 475 lawsuits alleging negligent care. Through court documents, LLC registrations, short-seller reports, other public records and dogged reporting, Einbinder and Campbell uncovered a story that roiled both Corizon and the bankruptcy court of the Southern District of Texas.

"What started as a tip from a civil rights attorney grew into a rolling investigation that ultimately resulted in Corizon's settlement being thrown out, the involvement of U.S. Senators and a federal regulator, and the resignation of one of the nation's most powerful bankruptcy judges," said Esther Kaplan. "It also led to a new, far more lucrative settlement deal with hundreds of prisoners who'd claimed grave medical negligence by one of the nation's largest private prison contractors."

"Corizon's cynical Texas Two-Step was no match for Einbinder and Campbell's more deliberate dance through public records," the judges said. "Their work exposed the 'hidden players' behind Corizon's sale as well as many shocking examples of medical malpractice."