Expert issues report on health care in Arizona prisons

PHOENIX (AP) — A court-appointed expert in a lawsuit over the quality health care in Arizona’s prisons says understaffing, inadequate funding and privatization of health care services are significant barriers in improving inmate care.
The report released Friday comes as the state has been accused of persistently dragging its feet in recent years in following through on its promises in a 2014 settlement to improve health care for inmates.
Expert Marc Stern says the state’s decis