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| Mentally Ill Inmate Protection Still In Place |
| By sfgate.com |
| Published: 09/17/2010 |
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Nearly nine years after a federal judge ordered California to protect mentally disabled inmates in state prisons, those inmates are still being beaten, robbed and deprived of food and sanitation, the judge said Thursday in refusing to lift the decree. Developmentally disabled inmates are "verbally, physically and sexually assaulted, exploited and discriminated against," and are receiving little help from prison officials and staff, said U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco, who presided over a six-day trial in May. He said the prisons have not complied with basic requirements of the December 2001 order - such as assisting inmates who cannot read or write - leaving the inmates helpless to perform such tasks as requesting medical treatment and filing grievances. Read More. |
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