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State's prison budget soars
By Los Angeles Times
Published: 12/26/2007

CALIFORNIA - When a judge put Robert Sillen in charge of health care in California prisons, the medical staff was vastly underpaid. Software used to track inmates' medical histories could not transfer information between computers. San Quentin State Prison had only one phone line for incoming calls and none to dial out, isolating doctors who needed to talk to specialists and other professionals.

"It's just shameful what the state has done," Sillen said in an interview. Read more.

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