Prison Receiver Says Inmate Medical Care Needs Reform
Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling ordering California to reduce its prison population, the state still requires thousands of new prison hospital beds to care for the most seriously ill inmates who will remain in state custody, according to a report from federally appointed prison receiver J. Clark Kelso. The report also noted that California's new medical parole law is unlikely to have a significant effect on the number of beds needed.
- "Receiver: Inmate Medical Needs Unchanged in Calif." (Thompson, AP/San Francisco Chronicle, 6/14).