Granholm orders review of prison health care system / Move follows probe of death, longtime troubles
Source: Detroit Free Press (MI), August 22, 2006
Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Monday ordered an independent review of the troubled prison health care system. …. The move follows a Free Press investigation that revealed widespread problems with how medical care is delivered to the state's 50,000 inmates, including the Aug. 6 death of a mentally ill inmate who had spent most of his last four days in four-point restraints. …. The review will cover the entire $190-million-a-year prison health care system, including a $70-million contract with Missouri-based Correctional Medical Services Inc., and the additional $90 million a year the state spends on mental health services, Marlan said.