Calif. prison healthcare still lacking, judge says
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Healthcare in California prisons has improved greatly since a federal judge seized control of the system two years ago, but the judge said on Wednesday that more steps are needed to bring standards to constitutional levels.
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - A jail inmate allowed to attend a family funeral returned to the jailhouse 12 hours later with a stash of drugs and syringes in his stomach, authorities said.  Joshua Robertson, 30, of Boulder Creek, had been in jail since Oct.
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By DON THOMPSON  SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's corrections secretary said Friday that the state will create a commission to review sentencing guidelines for felons, potentially a key step in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's efforts to relieve prison overcrowding.
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Overcrowding in jails is creating a "disastrous situation" for the health of inmates, a prison doctor says.
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Group, led by California, tells federal judge it plans to try to extend oversight until 2012; judge says she needs more time to think about it.
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The state's corrections system is dangerously overcrowded and in crisis. A federal panel is about to render a judgment that could force open prison doors.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDayNews) -- Problems with documentation of drug responses and child abuse screening and reporting are among the gaps in quality of care for children in California's public mental health clinics, says a University of California, Los Angeles-led study.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Citing lack of bed space, a judge on Tuesday refused to find the state human services agency in contempt of court for failing to find room in state psychiatric hospitals for mentally incompetent jail inmates.
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SANTA YSABEL, California  - As California struggles to extinguish some of the state's most devastating forest fires, it has turned to a record number of prisoners for some of the most demanding work.
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A UCLA study concluded that California&#39;s Proposition 36, which diverts non-violent drug offenders to treatment programs instead of jail, has done less to curb re-arrest rates than drug courts or probationary programs, the Los Angeles Daily News reported
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IONE, California  - Convicted murderer Greg Rollo knows the brutality of life behind bars after 31 years in a prison. But he says life has grown much worse since he was moved to a triple-bunk bed in an open gym with 199 others.
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Fresh predictions for the prison population suggest government building plans may not provide enough cells for inmates.
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Fresh predictions for the prison population suggest government building plans may not provide enough cells.
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More than half of America's prison and jail inmates have symptoms of a mental health problem, the Justice Department estimated Wednesday. But fewer than one-third of those with problems are getting treatment behind bars.
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The family of a state prison inmate from Richmond who died after dental surgery filed a federal civil rights suit against the Department of Corrections last week, claiming the state routinely deprives prisoners of adequate medical care.
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The nearly 640 inmates on California's already backlogged death row could get hearings to argue that they're mentally retarded and should be spared under new guidelines, a top state lawyer said.
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A treatment center for sex offenders is failing to meet its central purpose: preparing them to return to society.