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This site is devoted to all of the community and state issues surrounding the federal receiver's plan to build a prison hospital in Camarillo on the current site of the California Youth Correctional Facility. This will be a central location for information, coverage and conversation on this developing issue.
Camarillo to study costs of prison hospital
Friday, Aug. 29, 2008
The Camarillo City Council has authorized hiring a consultant to find out how much a prison hospital could cost the city and surrounding area. Full story »
Incumbents, candidates oppose plan for hospital
Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008
Members of the political arena participated in the Prison Hospital Action Committee's meeting Thursday, talking to about 100 people at the Ventura County Office of Education's Camarillo conference center. The community organization opposes the construction of a prison hospital near Camarillo. Full story »
PHAC hosts panel
Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008
Today, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Ventura County Office of Education in Camarillo (5100 Adolfo Road, Salon A), the Prison Hospital Action Committee is hosting a panel discussion with local resident experts, political officials and candidates about the prison hospital proposed to be built near Camarillo. The public is invited. Full story »
Local politicians to speak at prison hospital meeting
Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008
The Prison Hospital Action Committee is having another panel discussion, this time with local politicians. Full story »
School board opposes prison hospital plan
Friday, Aug. 15, 2008
The Ventura County Board of Education approved a resolution opposing the proposed prison hospital. Full story »
Kelso asks for court order for $8 billion It would go for prison hospitals
Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008
SACRAMENTO — Prison healthcare receiver Clark Kelso, the man appointed by a federal court judge to bring medical care in California's prisons up to constitutional standards, filed legal papers Wednesday seeking a court order that would force state officials to hand over $8 billion to finance construction of seven new prison hospitals. Full story »
Group opposed to prison hospital holds panel talk
Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008
A federal receiver may be able to compel the state to pay for the construction of a 1,500-bed prison hospital in Ventura County, but he can't make the city of Camarillo supply it with water, Camarillo City Manager Jerry Bankston said Thursday in a panel discussion. Full story »
Prison Hospital Action Committee hears from Sheriff Brooks
Friday, Aug. 8, 2008
The Prison Hospital Action Committee, the group of residents opposed to construction of a state prison hospital near Camarillo, hosted a meeting Thursday night featuring a panel of city and county officials and other opponents of the project. Full story »
Supervisors join those opposed to prison hospital
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008
Add the Ventura County Board of Supervisors to the list of local officials who are against the proposed prison hospital near Camarillo. Full story »
Supervisors join those opposed to prison hospital
Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008
Add the Ventura County Board of Supervisors to the list of local officials who are against the proposed prison hospital near Camarillo. Full story »
Panel to discuss prison hospital plan
Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008
Five people with different areas of expertise are expected to participate in a panel discussion Thursday on the potential effects of a proposed prison hospital near Camarillo. The public discussion, which will include a question and answer session, is being organized by the Prison Hospital Action Committee. Full story »
Group raises funds to fight a plan for prison facility
Saturday, July 26, 2008
A community organization that opposes the construction of a prison hospital near Camarillo has raised nearly 10 percent of its initial fundraising goal and plans to launch a new Web site next week to help raise money, its leaders say.
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Receiver a dire fix for ailing prisons
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Moving further into largely uncharted legal territory, the man acting under a federal judge's order to fix California's abysmal prison healthcare system last week committed state taxpayers to spending $2.5 billion. Full story »
Prison facility plans go forward
Friday, July 11, 2008
Federal prison healthcare receiver Clark Kelso signed construction design documents Thursday committing the state to spend $2.5 billion on three new stand-alone healthcare facilities to accommodate inmates with chronic medical and mental health conditions Full story »
Group hopes suit can block prison plan
Friday, June 27, 2008
About 140 people assembled at the Sterling Hills Golf Course Clubhouse on Thursday evening to join the Prison Hospital Action Committee, a community effort created to fight the construction of a prison hospital just outside Camarillo. Full story »
