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As Controversy Continues, A New State Prison Medical Facility Opens

KQED News Staff

Jun 26, 2013 at

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The head of California's Corrections Department is using the unveiling of a brand-new medical facility to say federal judges are dead wrong about the quality of health care in the state?s prisons. The dedication of the facility in Stockton comes a week after federal judges ordered the state to take immediate action to relieve prison overcrowding.

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