STOCKTON (July 21, 2014) – The California Health Care Facility (CHCF) will reopen to medical admissions today. Clark Kelso, the federal receiver appointed by the court to manage prison medical care, temporarily halted admissions of inmate-patients in early 2014... Read MoreRead more about California Health Care Facility Resumes Medical Admissions

SACRAMENTO (July 9, 2013)  – Following the mass hunger strikes of 2011, California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) in collaboration with California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) developed policies, procedures and care guides for use... Read MoreRead more about CCHCS and CDCR Work Together to Address Potential Hunger Strikes

May 23, 2011 “By affirming that prison overcrowding is the primary cause of the troubled prison health care system and ordering the state to implement the court order to reduce prison overcrowding without delay, the Supreme Court decision has provided the state with... Read MoreRead more about Federal Receiver’s Response to Supreme Court’s Brown v. Plata Decision

SACRAMENTO (May 5, 2011) – Federal Receiver J. Clark Kelso announced today that efforts to meet federal court mandates to improve medical care in California’s prisons are working with the release of the Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) reports on round two... Read MoreRead more about CA Prison Medical Care Showing Signs of Improvement In Round Two Inspections

SACRAMENTO (Oct. 14, 2010) – Federal Receiver J. Clark Kelso announced today the appointment of Dr. Robert “Steven” Tharratt, M.D. as the Statewide Medical Executive for California Prison Health Care Services, effective Oct. 25, 2010. Dr. Tharratt served most recently... Read MoreRead more about Federal Receiver Appoints New Statewide Medical Executive