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WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government will allow Medicaid dollars to treat some people in prisons, jails or juvenile detention The post California prison inmates to get some Medicaid care ...
The California Board of State and Community Corrections tracks 116 county jails across California's 58 counties, with a total design capacity of 78,243 incarcerated people. California's county jails function like county jails throughout the United States: they are used to incarcerated people pre-trial , through a trial and sentencing , and for ...
A 1988 lawsuit charged that CMF was "a filthy, vermin-infested, overcrowded prison," and that medical care there was "grossly inadequate." [14] Although at the time "all inmates in California prisons" with HIV/AIDS were sent to CMF, the suit claimed that "overcrowded housing and medical conditions in the AIDS wing are worse than in the main ...
The Court upheld a lower court's three-judge panel's order to decrease the population of California's prisons from approximately 156,000 inmates to 110,000 inmates. In addition, they determined that overcrowding was the cause of inmates' inadequate medical and mental health care. [ 8 ]
Law enforcement arrested the inmate at his home in Plumas County.
The man died after 35 days being incarcerated despite his family’s “numerous attempts” to get him “medications he so desperately needed,” according to the suit.
California Health Care Facility (CHCF) is a state prison for incarcerated patients with long-term medical needs or acute mental health needs. The prison is located in Stockton, California, on the site of the former Karl Holton Youth Correctional Facility. Incarcerated people of all security levels are treated at the facility.
The inmate was arrested for alleged child molestation, according to East County Today. The inmate hanged himself with a bedsheet. Jail or Agency: Contra Costa County Jail - Martinez Detention Facility; State: California; Date arrested or booked: UNKNOWN; Date of death: 6/23/2016; Age at death: UNKNOWN; Sources: eastcountytoday.net