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Inspection: Inadequate medical care at California prison
By santacruzsentinel.com- Don Thompson
Published: 08/25/2015

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After years of federal oversight, medical services at a California state prison still fail to meet constitutional standards, according to an inspection released Monday.

Care provided to nearly 4,000 inmates at California Correctional Center in Susanville is inadequate, the state inspector general said. The report blames the prison's remote location in northeastern California for a lack of doctors.

It is a setback for the state's efforts to regain control of the prison medical system, as it's the first failing grade since the prison inspections began this year.

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