Tuesday, October 24, 2023

CA WILL BE FINED $50 MILLION BY FEDS FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK MIRACLES

By Bob Walsh

 

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The prison system of the formerly great state of California has bene in a pissing contest for a couple of DECADES with the federal courts over prisoner health care, especially mental health care.  The court is now ready to fine the state $50 million to express its unhappiness.

It is pretty simple.  The state needs more mental health workers in the prison system.  The court wants them to run less than a 10% vacancy rate in those positions and they almost never meet that goal, and when they do they do not meet it for long.  Strangely, mental health professionals often choose to NOT work with violent and dangerous crazy people in unpleasant and professionally undesirable settings.  Even though the state pays about 20% above the going rate, more for some specialties, they don't get that many nibbles.  

Unless the state comes up with some way to FORCE people to take employment with the prison system I don't see any real easy solution to this.

EDITOR'S NOTE: That's smart. Now there will be $50 million less for health care.

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