"The new mandate restricts how quickly and broadly Correctional Health Services physicians can prescribe the medication. Priority will be given to people when they first enter the jail system - the largest in California - which houses roughly 13,000 people across nine main facilities. Everyone else who wants medication will be placed on a waitlist. "It's misleading because we just put people on this list and then they stay on the list," said a physician."
"The Trump administration filed a lawsuit Monday over California's new laws banning federal agents from wearing masks and requiring them to have identification while conducting operations in the state. The federal government has argued the laws threaten the safety of officers who are facing "unprecedented" harassment, doxing, and violence and said it will not comply with them. California became the first state to ban most law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from covering their faces while conducting official business"
A new mandate limits how quickly and broadly Correctional Health Services physicians can prescribe a medication in the county jail system. Priority for medication access is given to people at intake; all others who request medication are placed on a waitlist. Physicians say placement on the waitlist can mean individuals who decline treatment at arrival cannot access it later during incarceration. The Trump administration filed a lawsuit challenging California laws that ban most officers from covering their faces and require identification during operations. The federal government argues the laws threaten officer safety amid "unprecedented" harassment, doxing, and violence and says it will not comply. The state law allows exceptions for undercover agents, protective equipment like N95 respirators, and tactical gear, and it does not apply to state police.
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