Federal Judge puts California's Prison Health Care system into receivership
{{date|July 2, 2005}}

U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson of San Francisco has ordered the state's health care system for prisoners be put under the control of a receiver to stop deaths of inmates due to medical malfeasance. The system provides medical care to 164,000 inmates at a cost of US$1.1 billion annually. Reportedly the judge described conditions in the state's medical system as barbaric. The appointment of a receiver was the last resort available after repeated failures of Governor Schwartenegger's administration to improve medical conditions at state prisons.
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* [http://www.thekcrachannel.com/news/4677199/detail.html Judge Takes Over State's Troubled Prison Health Care System]
* [http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_2834717 Judge orders Rx for prison health care]
* [http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_2834843 Rx for state prison health care: Judge takes over]{{PD-Article}}
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U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson of San Francisco has ordered the state's health care system for prisoners be put under the control of a receiver to stop deaths of inmates due to medical malfeasance. The system provides medical care to 164,000 inmates at a cost of US$1.1 billion annually. Reportedly the judge described conditions in the state's medical system as barbaric. The appointment of a receiver was the last resort available after repeated failures of Governor Schwartenegger's administration to improve medical conditions at state prisons.


'Sources: '
*  Judge Takes Over State's Troubled Prison Health Care System
*  Judge orders Rx for prison health care
*  Rx for state prison health care: Judge takes over