Don Thompson, Associated Press Updated 6:08 pm CDT, Wednesday, October 31, 2018 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Top California corrections officials are misleading a federal judge and attorneys representing inmates about the quality of mental health care behind bars, according to a report released Wednesday that cites a case where a woman received care so poor she plucked out her eye and ate it. The whistleblower report by chief corrections psychiatrist Dr. Michael Golding that was made public by U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller says prison officials overruled psychiatrists and misrepresented how often inmates were receiving proper care. Golding says Mueller, who oversees prison mental health care under a lawsuit involving treatment, and others likely underestimated the adequacy of staffing in prisons as a result. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Vicky Waters said the agency strongly disagrees with the allegations. "We worked … [Read more...] about Whistleblower says California prison officials misled judge
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Gov. Brown’s lawyers try to block testimony of prison psychiatrist alleging state wrongdoing
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