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| CDCR ceases dental clearance policy |
| By California Healthline |
| Published: 06/16/2008 |
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CALIFORNIA - On Friday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's (R) nominee to head the prison health care system announced the suspension of a controversial policy that critics said pushed female inmates to undergo tooth extractions to qualify for off-site housing programs where they could live with their children, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The policy, called dental clearance, applied to special training programs open to non-violent offenders, as well as vocational, rehabilitative and housing programs offered to women in smaller prison and community-based settings. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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