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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Jan. 12, 2007

Judge, Sheriff Disagree on Where to House Sick Prisoner

SAN FRANCISCO - A medically needy prisoner has touched off a legal spat between a judge and the sheriff over where he should be placed - in state prison or county jail - to get proper care.

By Dennis Opatrny
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - A medically needy prisoner has touched off a legal spat between a judge and the sheriff over where he should be placed - in state prison or county jail - to get proper care.
      The attorney general's office backs San Francisco Sheriff Mike Hennessey, who wants the inmate moved out of his jail and into a prison hospital. Hennessey ...

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