Judge to Fine California Each Day It Fails to Complete Prisoner Suicide Prevention Measures ...Middle East

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A federal judge said this week that she will begin fining California potentially tens of thousands of dollars daily after more than 200 prison inmates killed themselves during eight years in which state corrections officials failed to complete court-ordered suicide prevention measures. Addressing a chronic tragedy that has plagued the state for decades, Chief U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller said she will start the fines April 1 — $1,000 a day for each of 15 unmet safeguards until all the state’s 34 adult prisons are in full compliance. At the same time, she will impose fines for the state’s failure to hire enough mental health professionals. And she set a hearing for August to co

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