The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation dedicated its new health care facility Tuesday in Stockton.<\/p>\n
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The $839 million facility is designed to care for the state's sickest inmates.<\/p>\n
\"This health care facility is an example of the state's dedication to providing inmates with mental health and medical treatment that rivals any prison health care in the country,\" Secretary of Corrections Jeff Beard told KCRA 3.<\/p>\n
The facility will begin accepting inmate-patients in mid-July.<\/p>\n
The faculty holds 1,722 patients.<\/p>\n
\"By providing acute care to the state's most seriously ill inmates, the new Stockton facility increases the capacity of medical and mental health units to meet the less-serious health needs of inmates in each prison,\" Beard said.<\/p>\n
About 2,500 doctors, nurses, technicians and other support staff will be employed at the facility. <\/p>\n
Photos: Tour new Stockton prison health facility <\/p>\n
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