Female inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval

Monday, July 8, 2013 - 04:31 in Health & Medicine

Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010 without required state approvals, the Center for Investigative Reporting has found. At least 148 women received tubal ligations in vio …

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