March 5, 2008
Medical czar: Fixing prison health system won’t come cheap
The state's new prison medical czar said Wednesday it's going to be expensive to provide constitutional care to California inmates and that he will not shy away from fighting to obtain the resources he needs to fix the system.
Receiver J. Clark Kelso did not put a price tag on his fix-it plan during his talk at an issues forum sponsored by the state correctional officers union, his first public appearance since taking over the job six weeks ago.
Kelso said he expects that negotiations with legislative leaders and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration will be "difficult" amid the current budget crisis, but added, "I have to be able to work in the context of existing political conditions."
LINK - SacBee.com (Sacramento Bee)
