Coleman, et al v. Schwarzenegger, et al

Filing 4701

STIPULATION and ORDER RE: Modification of Defendants' revised long-range Mental Health Bed Plan to create a sensitive needs yard at Valley State Prison for Inmates in a enhanced outpatient program signed by Judge Lawrence K. Karlton on 7/19/13. On 9/16/13, Defendants shall provide Plaintiffs' counsel with a list of the names and numbers of Enhanced Outpatient Program prisoners housed in the Valley State Prison Facility A Enhanced Outpatient Program unit as of 9/13/13. On 10/16/13, Defendants shall provide Plaintiffs' counsel with a list of the names and numbers of Enhanced Outpatient Program prisoners housed in the Valley State Prison Facility A Enhanced Outpatient Program unit as of 10/14/13.(Mena-Sanchez, L)

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KAMALA D. HARRIS
Attorney General of California
JONATHAN L. WOLFF
Senior Assistant Attorney General
JAY C. RUSSELL
Supervising Deputy Attorney General
DEBBIE J. VOROUS, State Bar No. 166884
PATRICK R. MCKINNEY, State Bar No. 257644
Deputy Attorney General
1300 I Street, Suite 125
P.O. Box 944255
Sacramento, CA 94244-2550
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SACRAMENTO DIVISION

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RALPH COLEMAN, et al.,

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Plaintiffs, STIPULATION AND ORDER RE:
MODIFICATION OF DEFENDANTS’
v.
REVISED LONG-RANGE MENTAL
HEALTH BED PLAN TO CREATE A
SENSITIVE NEEDS YARD AT VALLEY
EDMUND G. BROWN JR., et al.,
STATE PRISON FOR INMATES IN AN
ENHANCED OUTPATIENT PROGRAM
Defendants.

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2:90-cv-00520 LKK JFM PC

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On June 12, 2012, Defendants filed a revised bed plan to reflect the changed demand for
mental health beds associated with, among other things, realignment. (ECF No. 4196.)
Defendants’ bed plan included converting the Valley State Prison for Women into a male
institution starting in September 2012. (ECF No. 4196–3 at 3.) This conversion resulted in the
elimination of designated mental health beds at Valley State Prison. (Id.)
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation population trends, however, now
show a need for Level II Enhanced Outpatient Program-Sensitive Needs Yard beds throughout

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Stip. & Proposed Order re: Defs.’ Rev. Long-Range Bed Plan (2:90-cv-00520 LKK JFM PC)

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the state. The parties met and conferred regarding the use of Valley State Prison to meet this

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population need, and they agreed that Defendants may convert 192 Level II Sensitive Needs Yard

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beds at Valley State Prison, Facility A, Building 1 to 192 Level II Enhanced Outpatient Program-

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Sensitive Needs Yard beds. It was further agreed that inmates housed in Facility A, Building 1

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may be housed in small dormitories housing up to six men each. Defendants expect to start the

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conversion from a General Population Sensitive Needs Yard to an Enhanced Outpatient Program

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Sensitive Needs Yard on August 12, 2013, at a rate of 15 inmates per week. Defendants expect to

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immediately activate one-half of Building 1, and to activate the second-half of Building 1

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consistent with population needs.

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Therefore, the parties, by and through their counsel, stipulate that Defendants may modify

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their revised long-range mental health bed plan and increase the number of mental health beds for

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male inmates by adding 192 Enhanced Outpatient Program beds at Valley State Prison. The

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parties further stipulate that the inmates in the program may be housed in small dormitories

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housing up to six men each.

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On September 16, 2013, Defendants shall provide Plaintiffs’ counsel with a list of the

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names and numbers of Enhanced Outpatient Program prisoners housed in the Valley State Prison

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Facility A Enhanced Outpatient Program unit as of September 13, 2013. On October 16, 2013,

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Defendants shall provide Plaintiffs’ counsel with a list of the names and numbers of Enhanced

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Outpatient Program prisoners housed in the Valley State Prison Facility A Enhanced Outpatient

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Program unit as of October 14, 2013.

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The parties have met and conferred with the Coleman Special Master and he is in
agreement with this stipulation.

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SO STIPULATED

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Dated: July 15, 2013

By:

/s/ Debbie J. Vorous
Debbie J. Vorous
Office of the Attorney General
Attorneys for Defendants

Dated: July 15, 2013

By:

/s/ Steve Fama
Steve Fama
Prison Law Office
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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SO ORDERED

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The above stipulation is the Order of this Court

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Dated: July 19, 2013

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