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Calif. AG challenges $8 billion prison proposal

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Calif. AG challenges $8 billion prison proposal By DON THOMPSON, The Associated Press January 21, 2009 SACRAMENTO ? California's attorney general asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to block what he described as an extravagant spending proposal for prison medical facilities. The Legislature has refused to act on the request for $8 billion made by the court-appointed receiver overseeing reform of California's prison health care system. Receiver J. Clark Kelso is seeking an immediate $250 million as a down payment. In his court filing, Attorney General Jerry Brown argued that a federal judge cannot order the money from the state treasury without violating federal law and state sovereignty. Brown also criticized the receiver's spending proposal, saying it has not been subject to proper review...continue to full post

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