Dunn et al v. Thomas et al

Filing 3555

PHASE 2A REVISED REMEDY SCHEDULING ORDER ON THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT CLAIM: it is ORDERED that the deadlines and dates for the Phase 2A remedy scheduling order for the Eighth Amendment claim remain and are revised as set forth below, as further set out in order; Triannual Status Conference set for 5/13/2022 @ 08:00 AM by video conference before Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 4/19/2022. (Furnished: Calendar & AG)(am, )

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION EDWARD BRAGGS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOHN HAMM, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:14cv601-MHT (WO) PHASE 2A REVISED REMEDY SCHEDULING ORDER ON THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT CLAIM It is ORDERED that the deadlines and dates for the Phase 2A remedy scheduling order for the Eighth Amendment claim remain and are revised as set forth below. OLD DATES GENERAL The effective date of the Phase 2A Omnibus Remedial Order. (Doc. 3464) at § 1.3. 3/9/2022 MONITORING The parties are to file a joint status report regarding their progress towards finding a person to replace Dr. Jacqueline Feldman as the EMT’s psychiatrist. 4/25/2022 CORRECTIONAL STAFFING The defendants must submit correctional staffing reports to the court and the EMT. (Doc. 3464) at § 2.1.6. By agreement of the parties, the defendants are to submit these reports on the dates set forth in the Phase 2A Understaffing Remedial Order (Doc. 1657) at § 4, namely, March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1 of each year. The formatting for the correctional staffing reports shall be revised, if necessary, based on input from the EMT. See Phase 2A Omnibus Remedial Order (Doc. 3464) at § 2.1.6. The defendants proposed that they begin developing ADOC’s policy related to correctional staffing analysis by March 28, 2022. See Defs.’ Proposal Regarding ADOC’s Staffing Unit (Doc. 3546). Because this deadline has passed, the defendants are to file a notice with the court by April 20, 2022, confirming that they have begun such. The defendants proposed that they begin collecting information from ADOC’s major facilities for updating the Savages’ 2018 staffing analysis by April 1, 2022. See Defs.’ Proposal Regarding ADOC’s Staffing Unit On March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1 of each year To be determined. 4/20/2022 4/20/2022 2 NEW DATES (Doc. 3546). Because this deadline has passed, the defendants are to file a notice with the court by April 20, 2022, confirming that they have begun such. The defendants are to begin visiting ADOC’s major facilities to gather information for updating the Savages’ 2018 staffing analysis. The defendants shall file a notice with the court confirming that they have met this deadline. Coordinator Cheryl Price and other members of the agency staffing unit, or “resource planning unit,” are to participate, from May 6 through July 15, 2022, in the training program on correctional staffing analysis taught by the National Institute of Corrections. The defendants shall file a notice with the court by July 15, 2022, confirming that they have met this deadline. The defendants are to obtain information from approximately half of ADOC’s major facilities for updating the Savages’ 2018 staffing analysis. The defendants shall file a notice with the court confirming that they have met this deadline. The defendants are to complete the update to the Savages’ 2018 staffing analysis. The defendants shall file a notice with the court confirming that they have met this deadline. The defendants must develop with the Savages and submit to the court realistic benchmarks for the level of correctional staffing ADOC will attain by December 31 of 2022, 2023, and 2024 to put ADOC on track to fill all mandatory and essential posts by July 1, 2025. (Doc. 3464) at § 2.1.5. 5/1/2022 7/15/2022 7/15/2022 11/1/2022 6/1/2022 3 Deadline by which ADOC must fill all mandatory and essential posts at the level indicated in the most recent staffing analysis at that time. (Doc. 3464) at § 2.1.4. 7/1/2025 MENTAL-HEALTH STAFFING The defendants must submit mental-health staffing reports to the court and the EMT. (Doc. 3464) at § 2.2.4. By agreement of the parties, the defendants are to submit these reports on the dates set forth in the Phase 2A Understaffing Remedial Order (Doc. 1657) at § 4, namely, March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1 of each year. The formatting for the mental-health staffing reports shall be revised, if necessary, based on input from the EMT. See Phase 2A Omnibus Remedial Order (Doc. 3464) at § 2.2.4. The EMT shall review ADOC’s mental-health staffing ratios and, if necessary, make recommendations for revising them. (Doc. 3464) at § 2.2.2. Deadline by which ADOC must achieve the staffing levels set forth in the staffing matrix previously approved by the court in the Phase 2A Order and Injunction on Mental-Health Staffing Remedy (Doc. 2688), subject to any subsequent modifications. (Doc. 3464) at § 2.2.3. On March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1 of each year To be determined. Beginning one year from the initiation of monitoring 7/1/2025 RESTRICTIVE HOUSING The defendants must file with the court and the EMT reports on each inmate who has been in restrictive housing for longer than 72 hours under exceptional circumstances during that week. (Doc. 3464) at § 3.1.4. On a weekly basis 4 The parties must submit proposals that will allow ADOC’s RHUs (with the exception of the RHU at Tutwiler) to function safely with the correctional staff that ADOC currently employs. (Doc. 3464) at § 2.1.7.3. Deadline by which all RHU cells must be cleaned. (Doc. 3464) at § 3.1.1. Deadline by which all RHU cells must comply with the conditions set forth in Lindsay M. Hayes’s Checklist for the “Suicide-Resistant” Design of Correctional Facilities (Doc. 3206-5). (Doc. 3464) at § 3.1.3. Stayed pursuant to opinion and order on motion to stay. (Doc. 3526) at 75-76. 6/1/2022 6/8/2022 Stayed SUICIDE PREVENTION ADOC must conduct inspections of all suicide watch, SU, and RHU cells to verify that they meet the conditions set forth Lindsay M. Hayes’s Checklist for the “Suicide-Resistant” Design of Correctional Facilities (Doc. 3206-5). (Doc. 3464) at § 2.1.7.2. Stayed as to RHU cells pursuant to opinion and order on motion to stay. (Doc. 3526) at 75-76. Stayed as to RHU cells only; otherwise, on a quarterly basis HIGHER LEVELS OF CARE In collaboration with the EMT, ADOC must reassess (1) the number of inmates on its mental-health caseload and (2) whether the current estimate of the percentage of the mental-health caseload requiring inpatient treatment is accurate. (Doc. 3464) at § 11.2.2. The defendants must submit to the court a plan and procedures to address the serious risk posed by high temperatures in the mental-health units. (Doc. 3464) at § 11.3. On an annual basis 6/1/2022 5 STATUS CONFERENCES Triannual status conference, with the parties to submit reports 10 business days before the status conference (Doc. 3467). Triannual status conference, with the parties to submit reports 10 business days before the status conference (Doc. 3467). Triannual status conference, with the parties to submit reports 10 business days before the status conference (Doc. 3467). Triannual status conference, with the parties to submit reports 10 business days before the status conference (Doc. 3467). Triannual status conference, with the parties to submit reports 10 business days before the status conference (Doc. 3467). Triannual status conference, with the parties to submit reports 10 business days before the status conference (Doc. 3467). Triannual status conference, with the parties to submit reports 10 business days before the status conference (Doc. 3467). Triannual status conference, with the parties to submit reports 10 business days before the status conference (Doc. 3467). Triannual status conference, with the parties to submit reports 10 business days before the status conference (Doc. 3467). Triannual status conference, with the parties to submit reports 10 business days before the status conference (Doc. 3467). 5/13/2022 at 9:00 a.m. 8/12/2022 at 9:00 a.m. 11/10/2022 at 9:00 a.m. 2/10/2023 at 9:00 a.m. 7/7/2023 at 9:00 a.m. 11/17/2023 at 9:00 a.m. 2/9/2024 at 9:00 a.m. 7/12/2024 at 9:00 a.m. 11/22/2024 at 9:00 a.m. 2/7/2025 at 9:00 a.m. STANDING ORDERS FOR HEARINGS AND STATUS CONFERENCES All hearings and evidentiary hearings shall be in accordance with the order entered on 1/15/2020 (Doc. 2727), unless otherwise specified. 6 5/13/2022 at 8:00 a.m. All hearings, evidentiary hearings, and status conferences are to be by videoconferencing unless otherwise specified. DONE, this the 19th day of April, 2022. /s/ Myron H. Thompson UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 7

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