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CA: Dispute over California prison crowding to go to trial. A court-appointed referee tells federal judges that state officials and others have failed to settle the case of poor inmate healthcare.

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

From the Los Angeles Times Dispute over California prison crowding to go to trial A court-appointed referee tells federal judges that state officials and others have failed to settle the case of poor inmate healthcare. By Tim Reiterman Los Angeles Times Staff Writer June 28, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO ? Attempts to settle a case on California's crowded prisons have reached an impasse over the issue of how many inmates the lockups should hold. The failure paves the way for a trial Nov. 17 that could lead a three-judge panel to order mass releases. On May 30, federal judges gave the parties in the complex litigation a 30-day extension to strike a deal. After hearing a court-appointed referee's report Friday on the stalled talks, the judges said they would go ahead with a trial to determine whether overcrowding is the primary cause of unconstitutionally poor medical and mental healthcare in the state's 33 prisons...continue to full post

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