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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Sep. 26, 2007

Tackling Prison Overcrowding, Inmates' Medical Care

Federal Judges Stephen Reinhardt, Thelton Henderson and Lawrence Karlton held a hearing Monday in San Francisco as they begin trying to decide what to do about California's crowded prisons. Among the judges' options is imposing a cap on the prison population, which has drawn the ire of the law enforcement community.

By Amelia Hansen
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge overseeing an effort to tackle California's prison overcrowding crisis welcomed input Monday from stakeholders but cautioned them to not to use the courtroom for "political grandstanding."
      "The nature of these proceedings is judicial, not political," U.S. District Senior Judge Thelton Henderson said to atto...

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