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California Prisons Contract-Medical-Care Audit Reveals Millions In Waste
Loaded on March 15, 2003
by Marvin Mentor
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2004, page 17
Filed under:
Contractor Misconduct,
Medical,
Private Contractors,
Medical Expenses.
Location:
California.
At a time when the California Department of Corrections (CDC) is already under intense Legislative criticism for overspending its annual budget by $544.8 million (see: PLN, Aug. 2004, p. 41), an April, 2004 report by the California State Auditor revealed that CDC repeatedly violated its own policies regarding contracting for ...
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