A ruling is expected soon in a decades-old lawsuit over the psychiatric care of California prisoners. At a recent hearing in Sacramento, a psychiatrist said the staff is too small to meet the needs of 6,000 severely ill patients in the prison system. A judge has said the ruling in the case will favor inmates, and he'll ask a court monitor to investigate staffing levels at the Department of State Hospital's psychiatric units.
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