Federal judge renews order for California prison mental health plan

Paige St. John (Los Angeles Times) | April 24, 2013

Even as California makes preparations to appeal federal court rulings on the quality of care and crowding of conditions in state prisons, new orders are in the making.

U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton on Tuesday dusted off a pending August 2012 order for the state to produce a plan to improve the quality of inmate mental health care, and gave it a new July 1 deadline. The judge’s order notes that compliance was interrupted by the state’s bid in January to end court oversight of prison mental health care.

Lawyers for some 33,000 inmates requiring mental healthcare are meanwhile seeking new orders against the state. They filed a motion this month asking Karlton to order the Department of State Hospitals to remedy staffing shortages and other issues at Salinas Valley State Prison.

Read more at: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/political/la-me-pc-ff-court-prison-order-20130423,0,6133915.story

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