April 10, 2010
Tentative prison deal in Stockton
Local leaders reached a tentative agreement Friday with state corrections officials and prison health care receiver J. Clark Kelso to build an inmate medical facility southeast of Stockton.
The settlement ends nearly six months of tense negotiations and resolves a lawsuit over the 1,722-bed prison for physically and mentally ill prisoners. Once built it will be called the California Medical Facility, Stockton.
"There's been lots of animosity and hard feelings, but in the end I think everybody wins," San Joaquin County Supervisor Leroy Ornellas said. "That's good news..."
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