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Archive Home > 2010 > November > 29 > States worry overcrowded prisons case could impact entire nation

States worry overcrowded prisons case could impact entire nation

California’s 15-year legal battle over inmates’ health care heads to U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday

By David G. Savage and Carol J. Williams / The Bulletin
November 29, 2010

WASHINGTON — The suicide rate in California’s overcrowded prisons is nearly twice the national average, and one inmate dies every eight days from inadequate medical care.

These are just two indicators cited in the 15-year legal battle over whether the state’s prisons are failing to provide....

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