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| State seeks to regain control of prison healthcare |
| By centralvalleybusinesstimes.com |
| Published: 05/09/2012 |
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The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says it has complied with court orders to provide adequate healthcare to inmates and thus should be permitted to run the system without judicial oversight. A federal receiver has been the czar of the system for the past six years following court rulings that the state violated basic Constitutional rights with inadequate care for sick or injured felons. In a court filing Tuesday, CDCR says the state prison system has the "will, capacity, and leadership to maintain a sustainable system of providing constitutionally adequate medical health care." The filing is a joint report by CDCR, the Receiver and Plaintiffs' Counsel and it lays out their respective positions on when and how to end the Receivership. CDCR says it has re-designed primary care at all 33 adult institutions; has made significant improvement in the number and quality of health care staff; established quality control procedures; made better use of technology, including electronic health records; and has built or is building healthcare facilities across the system, including a 1,722-bed facility being built in Stockton. Read More. |
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