California Health Care moving work crew inmates to new mental health wing
Record (Stockton, CA)Apr 16, 2014
Following reports of unsanitary conditions and inadequate medical care at the facility, court-appointed medical receiver
"We're continuing to work with the receiver to resolve all those issues," said
Thornton said the state corrections department is targeting the end of June to resume medical admissions.
The California Health Care Facility prison is the largest center of its type in the nation, built to house 1,700 of the state's sickest prisoners.
The newly renovated Facility E, which used to be the Dewitt Correction Annex, originally was scheduled to start accepting patient inmates in early April.
About 90 general population inmates will be transferred there by the end of the week.
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