Dwindling oversight heightens concern over medical, mental health care for inmates

Early one recent morning, an inmate at the state’s lone women’s prison gave birth in her prison cell.
That incident – as well as large budget cuts, a lack of outside oversight and a history of complaints – have fueled concerns among some legislators and civil rights groups about the quality of medical and mental health care being provided to inmates.
Care for the 14,000 inmates the state i ...