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CA: Governor dumps plan to build prison hospitals

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Governor dumps plan to build prison hospitals Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, June 26, 2009 (06-25) PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger disowned a tentative agreement Thursday to build prison hospitals to settle lawsuits over shoddy health care for inmates, saying the state won't borrow $1.9 billion for the effort while it's slashing other services. "It's just not the right time," state Corrections Secretary Matthew Cate said, four weeks after he announced the plan to build two hospitals for 3,400 inmates, refurbish existing medical centers and start returning control of prison health care from federal courts to the state. "At this time, we're going to have to live within our means." Schwarzenegger issued a statement saying he "cannot agree to spend $2 billion on state-of-the-art medical facilities for prisoners while we are cutting billions of dollars from schools and health care programs for children and seniors...continue to full post

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