Report released for health facility -Stockton (CA) Record

STOCKTON - A federal receiver put in charge of reforming the state's prison health care system released a detailed report Friday on a proposal to build a health care facility for approximately 1,700 inmates on the outskirts of Stockton.

The new facility would have significant impact on traffic, air quality, wildlife and agricultural resources, according to the environmental impact report. It includes measures to lessen adverse impacts that would come with the new facility.

Part of an $8 billion plan to build up to seven such facilities across the state, the Stockton-area facility has drawn opposition from local officials who contend, among other things, the massive new health care facility would draw already scarce health care workers from local jobs.

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