Plaintiffs in prison class-action ask court for receiver

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Plaintiffs in prison class-action ask court for receiver

After more than 10 years of litigation, five reports of inadequate care and unnecessary death and three reports of an unsuccessfully implemented staffing plan, plaintiffs in the long-running class action lawsuit against the Dept. of Corrections Rehabilitation and Reentry are asking the court for a receiver to take over the carceral health care system.  Attorneys and corrections reform advocates view receivership as a last resort, but they claim …