This case, alleging inadequate medical and mental health care at the California Institution for Women in Frontera, was filed in California Superior Court, San Bernadino County in1992. Because it is a state court case, a docket sheet was unavailable on PACER. Searches on Westlaw and on the California court's website likewise turned up no information on the case. Our information comes from the National Prison Project journal, which reported in 1990 that the lawsuit concerned failure by the state to require state licensure of the relevant medical facilities, and in 1996 that a settlement agreement was reached in May 1992. Apparently, the state agreed to begin medical inspections of the facilities, and to correct any failings noted. It appears that there was some follow-up inspection of the facility and correction of the identified problems and that some monitoring of the case continued as of 1995.

Denise Lieberman - 10/09/2005


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