Prison health system in flux

Changes at CIM facility part of many

By Shelli DeRobertis, Staff Writer

CHINO - California Institution for Men's forfeiture of its hospital license is just one part of a systemwide overhaul of the prison health-care system, state officials said. [MORE]

CIM hospital to forfeit license

Facility won't provide acute care, will transform into an infirmary
By Shelli DeRobertis, Staff Writer

CHINO - The hospital at the California Institution for Men will give up its license and formally cease acute-care service, instead becoming something more akin to an infirmary, state officials said Wednesday. [More]

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Guard slaying suit is settled

Family OKs $1.2 million in case alleging 'grave mistakes' by prison brass.
By Andy Furillo - Bee Capitol Bureau

Published 12:00 am PDT Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A3

Relatives of the officer, Manuel A. Gonzalez Jr., who was stabbed to death by an inmate in January 2005 at the California Institution for Men in Chino, agreed to the settlement Friday afternoon. The agreement brought to a close the civil rights case the family filed against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.

A failure by the prison agency to properly classify Blaylock and a decision to hold off on distributing 362 "stab vests" to the Chino correctional staff, even though the equipment had been delivered to the prison and had been stored in a warehouse, contributed to the officer's death, according to the lawsuit. . . [MORE]

Guards union at a low ebb

But leader says recent setbacks don't mean group has lost clout.
By Andy Furillo - Bee Capitol Bureau
Published 12:00 am PDT Sunday, July 8, 2007

To say the least, times have been tough lately for the California Correctional Peace Officers Association.

The union has gone more than a year without a contract, failed to stop a major prison construction bill, lost 35-1 in a bid to torpedo a key gubernatorial appointee and endorsed a guy for governor who lost by 1.2 million votes.

In a political world of ebb and flow, CCPOA President Mike Jimenez concedes that his 31,000-member union has drifted off into "one of those eddies right now," and that Capitol insiders might think the union's influence is on the wane. . . [MORE]

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