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Government

Jan. 31, 2013

Reports show high inmate suicide rate, state disagrees

With state prisons already facing federal scrutiny over medical and mental health services for inmates, new reports highlighting remaining issues in California prisons could fuel further criticism of the state's criminal justice system.


By Hamed Aleaziz


Daily Journal Staff Writer


With state prisons already facing federal scrutiny over medical and mental health services for inmates, newly released reports highlighting remaining issues in California prisons could fuel further criticism of the state's criminal justice system.


The reports, released Friday by two federal court-appointed monitors, indicate that mental and medical health care systems in prisons, while improving,...

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