SACRAMENTO – The federal receiver appointed to oversee California’s troubled inmate health care system calls conditions inside the state’s prisons disgraceful and says they are even worse than he anticipated, according to a report released Wednesday.
“Almost every necessary element of a working medical care system either does not exist or functions in a state of abject disrepair,” Robert Sillen wrote in his first report since he began overseeing California’s $1.1 billion inmate health care system in April.
Sillen was appointed by U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson, who took over the health care system a year ago, and was ordered to draft a reform plan within seven months of assuming his office.
Sillen’s task is to reform a part of the nation’s largest prison system that previous investigations determined was killing an average of one inmate a week through malpractice or neglect. He has wide-ranging authority to make changes that could cost California taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
Details here from the AP via the San Jose Mercury News.
SACRAMENTO – The federal receiver appointed to oversee California’s troubled inmate health care system calls conditions inside the state’s prisons disgraceful and says they are even worse than he anticipated, according to a report released Wednesday.
“Almost every necessary element of a working medical care system either does not exist or functions in a state of abject disrepair,” Robert Sillen wrote in his first report since he began overseeing California’s $1.1 billion inmate health care system in April.
Sillen was appointed by U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson, who took over the health care system a year ago, and was ordered to draft a reform plan within seven months of assuming his office.
Sillen’s task is to reform a part of the nation’s largest prison system that previous investigations determined was killing an average of one inmate a week through malpractice or neglect. He has wide-ranging authority to make changes that could cost California taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
Details here from the AP via the San Jose Mercury News.
SACRAMENTO – The federal receiver appointed to oversee California’s troubled inmate health care system calls conditions inside the state’s prisons disgraceful and says they are even worse than he anticipated, according to a report released Wednesday.
“Almost every necessary element of a working medical care system either does not exist or functions in a state of abject disrepair,” Robert Sillen wrote in his first report since he began overseeing California’s $1.1 billion inmate health care system in April.
Sillen was appointed by U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson, who took over the health care system a year ago, and was ordered to draft a reform plan within seven months of assuming his office.
Sillen’s task is to reform a part of the nation’s largest prison system that previous investigations determined was killing an average of one inmate a week through malpractice or neglect. He has wide-ranging authority to make changes that could cost California taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
Details here from the AP via the San Jose Mercury News.
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