Slideshow

Inside San Quentin's IT Crisis

Every day at San Quentin, prisoners must be monitored and treated for communicable diseases and chronic illnesses, but that job is nearly impossible, federal courts have found, with minimal technology for managing inmates' medical records. See and hear what it's like for IT and medical staff to work at California's oldest and most notorious prison. Watch Slideshow »

Fixing the Problem

Can Technology Fix California Prison Health Care?

Inside California prisons, substandard medical care kills one inmate every six days. IT is part of the court-ordered prescription to ensure doctors do no more harm.
Part 1 of 3. Read story »


Managing IT at San Quentin

At San Quentin State Prison in California, technology manager Dan Marshall has installed wireless networks and virtualized servers. But his first job is to keep himself safe. Part 2 of 3. Read story »


Prison Healthcare Reform on Probation

Improvements to California's prison healthcare system and its IT have come too slowly for the courts. Part 3 of 3. Read story »

Time Line

Prison Healthcare Reform Time Line: Eight Years to an IT Cure

California prisoners sued over substandard medical care in 2001. Full deployment of critical systems begins this year. Read story »

Next Steps

California's New Prison IT Plan

A new court-appointed leader proposes to speed up deployment of new technology to reform California's prison healthcare system. Read story »

Editor's Letter

A Tall Order

Without buy-in, IT can't reform California's prisons.
By Abbie Lundberg. Read story »
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