Posted on 01/21/2009 4:34:02 PM PST by SmithL
Sacramento, CA (AP) -- California's attorney general is asking a federal appeals court to block what he describes as an extravagant spending proposal for prison medical facilities.
The Legislature has refused to act on the request for $8 billion made by the court-appointed receiver overseeing reform of California's prison health care system. The receiver is seeking an immediate $250 million as a down payment. . . .
- Clark Kelso
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
What’s his name? Dick Tater?
I could fix that whole problem with $25 million and a couple of charter 747’s
They could close 10 prisons after all the illegal scum were returned to their home hell-holes.
I listened to a caller on a radio talk show recently and he said that when a prisoner in CA needs a prescription, it is the policy that they cannot be given a generic drug, costing much more money plus most prison doctors don’t want to treat them and just look at them and send them off to the local hospital which requires 3 guards, again costing a fortune.
Hey , c’mon!!!! It’s Mexifornia. A billion here and a billion there and pretty soon it adds up to real money.
For a state that is already $30 or $40 billion IN DEBT, what’s $8 billion more??
Besides, “Surf’s UP, dudes!!!!”
We....Californians that is....are screwed. The inmates are in charge of the institution, at all levels. /unhappy
I'd bet we could get them “housed/fed/medicated” in a Turd World Hell hole for about $1,000 a head per year..
We're currently spending about $35,000 - NOT counting the insane adder we're facing to provide 1st class medical/dental care while the bastards are incarcerated.
This is by FAR a bigger bang for our bucks than our government pukes will ever come up with...... Also - think of all the taxpayer funded pension, benefits and perks for civil servant guards/clerks that could be avoided...
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