Los Angeles Times, Oct. 25, 2008 by Franklin E. Zimring
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-zimring25-2008oct25,0,3916250.story
“There is and must be a constitutional duty imposed on states to provide the inmates they lock up with decent medical care. Imprisonment forces the inmate into a total dependency on the state, and once the state chooses to impose this dependence—as California has on more individuals than any other state—it cannot abuse its absolute power.”