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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Jun. 29, 2007

Two Judges Lean Toward Panel for Prison Medical Care

SACRAMENTO - Two federal-court judges, frustrated with the state's inability to provide adequate mental and medical care to prisoners, appeared Wednesday to be leaning toward creating a panel of judges to impose a population cap or sentencing reform.

By Linda Rapattoni
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SACRAMENTO - Two federal-court judges, frustrated with the state's inability to provide adequate mental and medical care to prisoners, appeared Wednesday to be leaning toward creating a panel of judges to impose a population cap or sentencing reform.
      U.S. District Judges Thelton Henderson of San Francisco and Lawrence Karlton of Sacrame...

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