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Litigation

Jan. 20, 2012

End to prison receivership in sight--but not quickly

Management of the state prisons' medical and mental health facilities will continue to be in the hands of a federally appointed receiver for the foreseeable future despite an order calling for a transition plan to be drawn up.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Management of the state prisons' medical and mental health facilities will continue to be in the hands of a federally appointed receiver for the foreseeable future despite an order from a federal judge that calls for a transition plan to be drawn up.


In the brief three-page order issued Tuesday in conjunction with the landmark Plata v. Schwarzenegger prisoner rights case, U.S. District Judg...

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