Overcrowding Hindering Prison Health Care, Receiver Says
In a federal brief filed Friday, federal receiver J. Clark Kelso argued that prison overcrowding in California is continuing to have a negative effect on health care. The brief included charts that show that prisons with the lowest medical care scores have average populations that are 55% above designed capacity, while prisons with the best medical scores have average populations that are 34% above capacity.
- "Federal Receiver Says Prison Overcrowding Does Matter" (St. John, Los Angeles Times, 2/22).