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| CA prison receiver is no longer needed |
| By Don Thompson Associated Press |
| Published: 03/16/2009 |
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SAN FRANCISCO – A lawyer representing the state of California says a federal court receivership over the state's prisons is no longer needed. Attorney Paul Mello told a federal judge in San Francisco on Monday that the receiver has accomplished his purpose of improving medical conditions for inmates. But he also argued that the receiver has overstepped federal law by seeking $8 billion from the state to build medical and mental health centers for 10,000 inmates. Attorneys representing inmates and receiver J. Clark Kelso responded by saying prisoners are still dying through neglect or malfeasance at the rate of about one a week.Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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