Perhaps California should fall into the ocean
on March 25th, 2009 at 1:42 amAfter reading this article, I am ready to push it into the ocean.
Now mind you, California is already $42 billion in the hole right now.
This court-appointed receiver for California prisons thinks that we are not doing enough to take care of our inmates. Check this out~
“The current receiver, law Professor Clark Kelso, has submitted an $8 billion plan to build seven health centers for 10,000 prisoners and improve some existing medical centers. He said last month that only 5,000 new beds may be needed, at about half the cost.”
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In separate proceedings, a three-judge panel, including Henderson, has ruled that overcrowding at the prisons – now filled at twice their designed capacity of 80,000 – was the primary cause of inadequate health care, and has tentatively ordered the release of between 37,000 and 58,000 inmates to local custody, treatment programs or parole. Schwarzenegger plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Now let me stop right there for a moment. Part of the reason behind the overcrowding in California prisons is the fact that we house illegals. As of 2006, 10% of the California prison population was made up of individuals who entered this country illegally. The madness continues…
Attorney Paul Mello also said the state was spending $14,000 per inmate on health care each year, the most in the nation, and more than $2 billion on the system overall. Citing a reduction in inmate deaths, Mello said federal management was no longer needed.
You got that? We are spending “…$14,000 per inmate on health care each year…” here in California.
My family pays about $8,400 per year for health insurance for a family of four. And we work for a living.
I’m Charlton Heston. The apes represent California government.
