Report: Inmate lawsuits cost Calif. $108 millionAssociated Press WriterPublished Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A state watchdog finds California has paid $108 million to inmates' lawyers and experts in 12 major lawsuits in a 12-year period, on top of the state's own legal costs.That does not include the cost of fixing the problems that led to the class-action lawsuits alleging poor medical, dental and mental health care, and other violations of inmates' rights.The report by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's inspector general Thursday comes as California struggles with a multibillion dollar budget deficit.It says the state attorney general also spent nearly $24 million defending the department in the lawsuits since 1997. That does not include the cost of the corrections department's own staff attorneys or private attorneys hired to help defend the state.The full report from OIG can be found below at:
Friday, December 18, 2009
OIG says inmate lawsuits cost Calif. (much more than) $108 million?
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