Tracy, Calif. — Inmates return to their cells after showering in a cellblock at Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy. Built in 1953, the prison houses more than 3,700 convicts in a facility designed for about 1,700.

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Tracy, Calif. — A prison guard locks an inmate into a cage to await treatment in the medical ward of Deuel Vocational Institution. After six years and billions of dollars, federal oversight of California's prison healthcare system is ending.

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Tracy, Calif. — A mesh-and-glass window marks a boundary of inmate access in the medical ward of Deuel Vocational Institution.

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Tracy, Calif. — A prison guard escorts an inmate through a construction area to get to the medical ward at Deuel Vocational Institution for treatment of facial cuts from a fight with another prisoner.

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Tracy, Calif. — Amputee George Cooper, 45, peers out from his cell in the medical ward of Deuel Vocational Institution. After six years and billions of dollars, federal oversight of California's prison healthcare system is ending.

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Tracy, Calif. — A prison guard walks the halls as inmate patient George Cooper looks out the window of his cell in the medical ward of Deuel Vocational Institution.

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Tracy, Calif. — An inmate receives dental care at the Deuel Vocational Institution. The prison's medical facilities are housed in antiquated buildings built more than 57 years ago, and converted storerooms serve as offices and clinics.

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Tracy, Calif. — A clinician takes an inmate's vital signs at Deuel Vocational Institution, which primarily serves as a reception and processing center for prisoners new to the California penal system.

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Tracy, Calif. — Richard Smith, a 60-year-old heroin addict and inmate at Deuel Vocational Institution, airs frustration at not being able to get proper treatment for his addiction within the walls of the California Department of Corrections prison system.

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Tracy, Calif. — Deuel Vocational Institution was built in 1953 and currently houses more than 3,700 convicts in a facility designed for about 1,700. It serves as a reception center for new inmates of the California Department of Corrections prison system, and has a reputation for inmate violence. Deuel also has some of the most woefully inadequate prisoner healthcare facilities in the CDC system.

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