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California prisons receiver says he needs $7 billion now for healthcare

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

California prisons receiver says he needs $7 billion now for healthcare The state's failure to give him money to build seven facilities is the result of 'deliberate obstruction,' he says. He may seek a federal court order to obtain the funds. By Michael Rothfeld Los Angeles Times Staff Writer June 18, 2008 SACRAMENTO ? In his broadest, harshest critique of state officials yet, the court-appointed overseer of healthcare in state prisons said Tuesday he would run out of money soon and had begun preparing to seize the funding he needs with an order from a federal judge. Receiver J. Clark Kelso, who had previously directed most of his displeasure at state lawmakers for refusing to approve his $7-billion plan to construct prison healthcare facilities, on Tuesday added Gov...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 18, 2008 (boomark / email).