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Litigation

Sep. 27, 2013

Lawyers for mentally ill inmates move for additional relief

The battle over the treatment of California's mentally ill inmates continues next week as attorneys for the prisoners argue for additional relief for alleged constitutional violations uncovered in discovery earlier this year.


By Hamed Aleaziz


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The battle over the treatment of California's mentally ill inmates is set to continue next week as attorneys for the prisoners argue for additional court relief for what they call failure by the state to protect the inmates from unnecessary use of force and provide adequate care to those on death row.


If the effort succeeds, corrections officials could face increased federal oversight and scruti...

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