Nov. 8, 2023
Judge praises prisons’ mental health report, asks for more data
Chief U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller acknowledged the department has been held back by a shortage of mental health staff. The department could face millions of dollars in fines if it doesn’t address its staffing problems.
SACRAMENTO — A Tuesday morning hearing in a decadeslong case about mental health care in California prisons followed what has become a traditional pattern: The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation asked for more time, and attorneys for the plaintiffs said that the agency has had years to address its problems.
Plaintiffs’ attorney Lisa A. Ells also pointed to what she said were serious ongoing problems, such as a steadily rising num...
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