Dr. Tharratt replaces Dr. Dwight Winslow M.D. as the Statewide Medical Executive, who is retiring after a long and distinguished medical career in both public and private service.

This contract is designed to provide cost-effective health care services to adult inmates at California’s 33 prisons.

The fourth annual analysis of California’s inmate deaths focused on three areas: trends in inmate deaths; identifying lapses in health care; and trends in the number of unnecessary inmate deaths.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the State of California’s request to terminate the Receivership and nullify his construction plan. In the findings issued April, 30, 2010 the court found:

Federal Receiver J. Clark Kelso is responding to the OIG report entitled Lost Opportunities for Savings within the California Prison Pharmacies

The inmate from a central California prison facility died Friday, November 27th. The inmate’s identity is being withheld due to privacy laws.

CPHCS has received a shipment of H1N1 vaccines today, making it among the last of the state public agencies to receive their allotment.

Construction activities of the CHCF, Stockton will directly support over $631 million in output and nearly 5,500 jobs in the regional economy.

Two of the three new contracts are between California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) and their largest physician registry providers- NOAH Inc., and Registry of Physician Specialist, Inc.

Attorney James Brosnahan of Morrison and Forester filed an opposition brief against the State’s motion to terminate the Receivership and its Construction Program.