SACRAMENTO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday outlined a plan for California to end nearly a decade of federal control over its prison health care system. U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson of San Francisco acted after a court-appointed overseer reported that conditions have substantially improved since Henderson appointed a receiver to run the medical system in 2006. Each of the state’s 34 prisons must pass an inspection before they can be returned to state control, Henderson said.
Plan for state to regain prison control