May 8, 2011
Federal receiver Kelso says OIG report is wrong on inmate health care problems
The court-appointed receiver in charge of California prison medical care said a report criticizing the quality of inmate treatment is outdated and does not reflect recent improvements.
The state Office of the Inspector General reported last week that just nine of the 33 adult prisons met minimum health care standards, even after taxpayers spent billions of dollars to improve treatment.
In that report, the score for the California Institution for Men in Chino had surpassed standards, but first-round evaluations of the California Institution for Women in Chino and the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco found that those prisons had not met minimum adherence levels...
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