Assembly Bill 720, authored by Assemblymember Skinner, was signed by Governor Brown today. This bill allows the board of supervisors in each county to designate an entity to assist certain jail inmates to apply for a health insurance affordability program, and will prohibit county jail inmates who are currently enrolled in the Medi-Cal from being terminated from the program due to their detention, unless required by federal law or they become otherwise ineligible.
Solitary Confinement Hearings at Senate, Oct. 9
Next week, the California Senate Committee on Public Safety will hold hearings on solitary confinement. The promise to hold hearings was one of the reasons for the end of the third Pelican Bay hunger strike.
1 p.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203)
INFORMATIONAL HEARING
SUBJECT: Segregation Policies in California Prisons:
Current Conditions and Implications on Prison
Management and Human Rights