Resistance to New Prison Hospitals Builds Statewide
Six California communities are reacting in different ways to proposals by federal Prison Healthcare Receiver J. Clark Kelso to build 1,500-bed hospitals for prison inmates. For example, opposition in Camarillo has led to the creation of two citizen committees to fight the plan, while the Stockton sheriff is concerned about competition for workers at his new jail.
- "Prison Hospital Tussle Is Shared" (Herdt, Ventura County Star, 12/14).