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California prison czar seeks $7 billion more for inmate health care

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

State Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Denise Ducheny, D-San Diego, said the new request "seems startling," especially when combined with the expenditures under AB 900. "They haven't given us a plan on how they plan to spend the $7.4 billion," Ducheny said. "Why would we want to double that and still not have a plan?" "It will be an interesting hearing Monday," Ducheny added. California prison czar seeks $7 billion more for inmate health care By Andy Furillo - afurillo@sacbee.com Published 12:00 am PDT Saturday, April 12, 2008 Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A10 California's prison medical czar and the governor's administration announced Friday they are asking the Legislature to approve $7 billion to improve prison medical care...continue to full post

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