California Prison Reform: Inmates, It and Health Care

California Prison Reform: Inmates, IT and Health Care

Inside California prisons, substandard medical care kills one inmate every six days-treatment which, according to federal courts, amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. IT is part of the court-ordered prescription to ensure doctors do no more harm. But prisons systems are antiquated or non-existent, and IT leaders have struggled to deploy new technology that could help.

Can Technology Fix California Prison Health Care?

Managing IT at San Quentin

Prison Healthcare Reform on Probation

IT Cure Eight Years in the Making

California’s New Prison IT Plan
_________________________ From: CIO Insider, April 16, 2008.