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| State seeks to have prison receiver replaced |
| By Sacramento Bee |
| Published: 01/28/2009 |
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CALIFORNIA - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Department of Corrections Director Matthew Cate and state Finance Director Mike Genest today announced that California Attorney General Jerry Brown has filed a motion in federal district court in San Francisco to replace the federally appointed receiver. Brown, on behalf of the state, seeks instead a special master who would be an expert appointed by the federal court to advise the state and the court. His motion also asks the court to establish a process during the transition to ensure the receiver's compliance with state and federal law and to terminate the receiver's construction plan. Receiver J. Clark Kelso, who was appointed by U.S. District Judge Thelton E. Henderson of San Francisco, has outlined an $8 billion project includes construction of seven new health care facilities with 10,000 new beds for acute and long-term needs. The plan would also improve physical and mental health care facilities at each of the 33 adult prisons. The state argues that $8 billion isn't required to bring the prison system up to constitutional standards of health care. The state also has argued that courts do not have the authority to order prison construction without the state's consent, "and the state cannot consent to the receiver's massive $8 billion" plan. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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