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CA: California Senate Rejects Plan To Construct New Prison Medical Facilities

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

May 28, 2008 California Senate Rejects Plan To Construct New Prison Medical Facilities California Health Line On Tuesday, the California Senate rejected a bill (SB 1665) that would have provided nearly $7 billion to reform the medical facilities and mental health services for state prisoners, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Senate's rejection of the bill raises the possibility of U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson ordering the state to use money from the general fund to pay for the new construction, rather than issue bonds to fund the project (Rothfeld, Los Angeles Times, 5/28). Henderson seized control of the state prison health care system after finding that the quality of health care fell below constitutional standards. H.D. Palmer, spokesperson for the Department of Finance, said using general fund money to pay for the project could harm other services as the state struggles with a $15...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 28, 2008 (boomark / email).