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| California Turns a Corner in Effort To Regain Prison Health Care Oversight |
| By kitsapsun.com |
| Published: 10/15/2015 |
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California's prison population is getting smaller, according to a Public Policy Institute of California report, and that could be a step in the right direction for retaking control of its prison health care system. The state lost its prison health care oversight responsibilities in the early 2000s -- shortly before a federal court ordered California to reduce prison overcrowding. But now, "the state is finally under the court ordered population cap, which is a big part of getting back control of health care and mental health care in state prisons," said PPIC report co-author Brandon Martin. In response to a lawsuit filed by the Prison Law Office, U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson first called for the California prison health care system to be placed in federal control in late June 2005. Citing conditions of "outright depravity," Henderson ordered a federal receiver to rectify the system. Read More. |
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