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Recommendations/Descri tion

(MCSP)CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN

ForCORRECTIONS STANDARDS AUTHORITY - STAFF SAFETY EVALUATION REPORT

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Finding #1: There were no obvious trends identified relative to the issue of staff battery.

1. Thirty-nine incidents of battery and attempted N/Abattery on staff were reported during the timeperiod of July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005 atMule Creek State Prison (MCSP). Theinstitution reports that over 40 staff memberswere victims of battery or were injured duringincidents:

Twenty-eight victims were from the ranks ofcorrectional officers (C/O's) and two weresergeants. The remaining ten victims includedfive Medical Technical Assistanfs (MTA's) andfive health care workers.

The average age of the victims wasapproximately 38 years with 9.5 years ofservice.

Twenty-nine of the victims were male and tenwere female.

Twenty-Six of victims were white, six were black,six were Hispanic, and two were reported as"other".

No corrective action necessary as this is information NlAprOVided for discussion only.

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Finding #2: Additional training is needed for staff responding to emergencies.

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2. The Return to Work Coordinator provided In-Servicestatistics showing a category described as Training (1ST)"Responding to Alarms" as being the third Managerleading category of frequencies of staff injury,with 15 reported injuries during the last fiscalyear. These statistics would support the needfor training ways to safely respond to incidents.

Emergency Alarm Response Training is in place for ContinuousOff Post Training Sessions (OPTS). In addition, training.effective July 1, 2005 Mule Creek began monthlytraining on the facilities for alarm response. Alarmresponse identifies safety issues for responding toemergencies.

Training and Safety Meetings are Alann Response Memorandumbeing completed on a monthl~ (Attachment A), Cell Extraction

.basis. Alann Response Overview(Attachment B) and 1STRecords.

Return To Work In monthly safety meetings, MCSP will continue to Ongoing.Coordinator review all reported injuries to determine trends and

identify trainina needs as warranted.

Finding # 3: Race and age do not appear to be 51 ;Jnificant assau t factors.3. No significant variances were noted when N/A No corrective action necessary as this is information NlA

comparing the race, age or county of provided for discussion only.commitment of the assaultive inmates to that ofthe overall facility inmate population. Hispanicand white inmates were responsible for 29incidents with the remaining 10 being dispersedamong the other races. The inmates had beencommitted from twelve counties with none beingunusually represented.

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August 9, 2005 Safety MeetingMinutes (Attachment C).

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Finding #4: Inmates with high security classifications or serious mental health issues are more likely to commit assaults on staff.

4. Enhanced Outpatient (EOP) inmates, whilegenerally described as mental health patientsbecause of their diagnosis, require asignificantly higher level of clinical care.

1ST Manager 1ST provides awareness training concerning the Continuouspotential of assaultive behavior of this population to training.all custody and non-custody staff during OPTS.

Training is being completed on amonthly basis.

1ST records, Mental HealthServices Overview/Update(Attachment D), Recognizing theSigns and Symptoms of MentalDisorders Student Handbook(Attachment E) and Post Quiz(Attachment F).

Health CareManager

During Mental Health staff meetings, safety and Continuous Ongoing.security topics are consistently discussed. These training andtopics include personal alarm, emergency response, IOTT.personal whistle, reporting unusual inmate behaviorand inmate staff relations. Medication requirementsare frequently reviewed by Mental Health staff andthey do use the Keyhea Injunction for inmates whoare not medication compliant and are determined tobe a danger to himself and others. Violence risks orassault risk inmate/patients are addressed in eachInter-Disciplinary Treatment Team (IDTT) and anappropriate treatment plan is developed. Whenassaultive tendencies are identified, staff are madeaware of those individuals and a review forappropriate housing is conducted. Medicationmanagement Quality Improvement Teams (OITS)are conducted in an effort to ensure inmates receiveprescribed medications in a timely manner.

Keyhea Involuntary MedicationList "Confidential" (AttachmentG) EOP IDTT Schedule(Attachment H).



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Finding #4: Inmates with high security classifications or serious mental health issues are more likely to commit assaults on staff (continued).

4. Facility "B", Building 6, has been housingapproximately fifty Level IV EOP/SNY inmates.The institution has just activated an EOP Unit ina Level IV building in Facility "A", housing 6inmates as of this review date.

Facility "A" and Facility "B" will continue to refer the Level IV EOP Continuous"B" Captains inmates to the C&PR for endorsement to Facility "A",

Level IV EOP.

As of August 19, 2005, sixteen Inmate Housing AssignmentLevel IV EOP inmates have been Change (Attachment I).transferred to Facility "A". Thirty-three Level IV EOP inmates arein Level III housing and are beingevaluated for Level IV EOPhousing.

Findina #5: Inmate manufactured weapons were not a factor In assau ts on staff.5. Inmate manufactured weapons were not N/A No corrective action necessary as this information for N/A

involved in any of the incidents reviewed. discussion only. Institution will continue to conductInmates threw or attempted to throw an program yard and housing searches.unknown liquid substance on staff in 6 of theincidents. In the remainder of the casesreviewed, inmates battered or attempted tobatter staff by head-butting, kicking or unlawfultouching with their hands. In the incidentresulting in the most serious injury to staff, theinmate was able to head butt the C/O, knockhim off balance, kick him several times andfinally bite him on the leg. Six incidents occurredduring escorts and three during meal serviceWhen C/O' opened food ports.

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Finding #6: Custody staff appears to be receiving training in safety related issues. Non- custody staff; however, receive fewer hours of training and are less compliant inattending training (continued).

6. MCSP tracks the supervisors' annual trainingbased on the employee's birthday. Eachemployee's training year begins on theirbirthday, not a calendar or fiscal year; therefore,using the current 1ST tracking program, we wereunable to confirm that all of the trainingmandates were being met.

Non-custody personnel are scheduled to receive8 hours of annual training, 6 of which are relatedto staff safety. The training manager reportedthat 80% of the non-custody personnel werecompliant with the training mandates. Thesample files reviewed and supported thatpercentage.

1ST Manager Non-Custody staff receives Block Training, which isa required annual course of training at MCSP. Itincorporates the requirements listed in DOM for allemployees except those with OPTS responsibilitiesand is held once a month. Non-Custody supervisorsreceive an 1ST deficiency notice two (2) months priorto their annual performance evaluation whichidentifies needed training.

August 10,2005

Memorandum will be completecby August 10, 2005 anddistributed to all Non-Custod"supervisors.

Non-Custody Block Trainingmemorandum datedAugust 10, 2005 (Attachment J)1ST Deficiency Notice - Annual(Attachment K) and 1ST records.

Finding #7: During interviews with supervisors, they indicated that staff would benefit from specified training (cell extraction, mental health intervention, etc.). In fact, the majority of staffinterviewed identified the need for more meaningful training.

7. Staff need hands-on training for cell extractions 1ST Manager(the use of cell extraction equipment), andmental health techniques for dealing with EOPand Correctional Clinical Case ManagementSystem (CCCMS) inmates.

Cell extraction and mental health training is given on August 10, Monthly training during OPTSa monthly basis during OPTS per departmental 2005lesson plans. Based on departmental fundinghands-on cell extraction training is not provided atMCSP. Mental Health training is also providedduring OPTS along with on-site training in Buildings#5 and #6 (EOP) on how to interact with EOPinmates. Draft memorandum to all supervisorsidentifying the aforementioned training advisingsupervisors to attend training.

Memorandum dated August 102005 (Attachment L). 1ST recordsand OJT records for EOP Building#6. Cell Extraction Lesson Outline(Attachment M).

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Finding #8: Correctional Officers in some positions are not provided sufficient communications equipment.

8. The C/O assigned to Body Cavity Surveillance Correctionalcells was not equipped with a personal alarm. Captainintercom capabilities or radio (although post Watchorders reflect a personal alarm is to be worn). CommanderThe camera did not monitor the hall where thestaff person is stationed, but positioned tomonitor the inmate.

Memorandum regarding equipment to be worn dated August 19. Post Order completed.July 6, 2005. Post order instructing staff to wear 2005personal alarm device will be revised. The camera ispositioned to monitor the inmate only.

Memorandum dated July 6, 2005Body Cavity Surveillance (BCS)Cells/CTC Overflow (AttachmentN). Post order (Attachment 0)and Operational Procedure MC48-52050, Quarantine BCS(Attachment P).

Only 1 radio is issued to 2 C/O's working inside Correctionalthe housing unit as floor officer's. Typically the Captainposition designated as "floor one" is assigned to Facility Captainmaintain the radio. This position is also Armory Sgt.designated as the primary respondent. dUringCode I and Code II emergencies. This processresults in the second C/O remaining in the unitwithout radio communication. A radio wasassigned to the Facility "A" Gym. In an effort tomaximize the use of a single radio, staff hadsecured the radio to the podium as a point ofcentralized use. The evaluation team agreedthat the institution should consider providing allfloor officers with a radio.

MCSP is currently utilizing all the radios we have Septemberbeen authorized. MCSP will prepare an Issue 30. 2005Memorandum to Operations Review Committee, viachain of command, regarding the feasibility ofissuing radios to all housing unit officers.

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Finding #9: There are 87 Correctional Officers and many Medical Technical Assistant's (MTA's) and Correctional Counselor's (CC's) that have not been Issued a stab-resistant vest.

Cleaning procedures are being written for the Septembercleaning of pool vests on all facilities. 1, 2005

9. The Armory Sgt. informed us that 651 CIO'shave been designated to be issued a stabresistant vest. The records reflect that 54 C/O'swithin the ranks of CIO, sergeant, and lieutenanthave been fitted for vests; however, the vestshave yet to be issued. Thirty-three C/O's havenot been fitted for or issued a vest at the time ofthe evaluation. Sufficient vests are available atthe facility for those CIO's to check out for useduring their shift until their personal vests areavailable. C/O's reported a reluctance to wearthese vests, saying that the vests were notcleaned appropriately. The records reflect thatthe remaining 564 CIO's have been fitted andhave been issued a vest.

CorrectionalCaptainArmory Sgt.

Pool vests are assigned to each facility and are to beused in the absence of personal vests. MCSP hascontinued to stay current with Departmental policiesand procedures pertaining to this issue.

UponEmergencyOperationsUnit (EOU)approval topurchasevest.

MCSP currently has 101 staffmembers who do not have avest. Twelve are out on extendedsick or workers compensation tobring the total to 87. Fifty eightof the 87 have been fitted andare waiting for their vests. Theremaining staff will be fitted onSeptember 30, 2005.

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Memorandum dated August 18,2005 (Attachment Q).Memorandums dated November20, 2003, January 14, 2005,February 10, 2005, email datedMarch 28, 2005, andmemorandum dated June 2,2005 (Attachments R, S, T, U &V).

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Second Chance will be on site N/Afor fitting, approximately onSeptember 30, 2005.

MTA's and CC's, who were custody staff, arenot included in the above numbers. The teamwas informed that many of these personnelhave been fitted for vests but have not receivedvests. The team was further informed that thebargaining unit representing MTA's and CC'shas filed a grievance (With the agency, not theinstitution) over this matter.

Warden's memorandum dated February 9, 2005 N/Ainstructs all C/O's, sergeants and lieutenants issuedvests, the requirement to mandatorily wear the StabResistant Vests.

A representative from Second Chance Vest has Septemberbeen contacted and is scheduling a new date to fit 30,2005the remaining staff.

MCSP is fol/owing the Departmental directive issued N/Aby Deputy Director, Institutions Division, identifyingwhich custody classifications are reqUired to wearthe Stab Resistant Vest.

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Memorandum dated February 9,2005 (Attachment W).

Memorandum dated March 4,2004 (Attachment X).



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Findina #10: Specific to Facilities "A". "B" & "C".10. The gymnasium was observed by the staff Facility "A", "B"

safety audit team to have towels, blankets and and "C"clothing draped from bunks. Such coverings Captainsobscure visibility.


Post Orders for all facilities has special instructions N/Aregarding bed covering removal. Gymnasium rulesare provided to inmates.

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Post Orders for Facility "A", "B",& "C· (Attachments Y, Z, & AA).

Gym staff will be provided training on expectations August 29, On-going training being provided. N/Athat inmates do not hang/drape any item that 2005reduces visibility.

First, Second and Third line supervisors conduct Ongoing.daily/weekly/monthly inspections and providetraining to staff.

N/A Inspection sheets example.(Attachment BB).

Facility"C"Captain

Facility "C" to submit work order for installation of Augustdrying racks. 2005

19, Facility "C" gymnasium has Work Order (Attachment CC).problems with clothing, towels,blankets, etc, being hung on thebunks as there is currently nodrying rack. Facility "A" and "B"currently have drying racks.



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Finding #10: Specific to Facilities "A","B" & "e" (continued).10. PadJocks are applied to each cell during the Plant Manager

sleeping hours to prevent inmates from liftingthe sliding door off the track.

Over five years ago it was discovered inmates could Unknown - The practice of padlocking cellopen cell doors. As a result, the Warden ordered pending doors dUring sleeping hours will"boot locks" to be installed until the problem could be funding. continue.resolved. The Deputy State Fire Marshal for thisdistrict was advised and subsequently toured thesite. The determination was made that the securityof the institution took precedence. Faulty lockingdevices have been discovered at other institutionscreating a state-wide funding issue.

A Capital Outlay Budget Change Proposal (COBCP)was initiated by the Security OperationsManagement Branch in August of 2000. A majorityof institutions were affected. MCSP is in Phase Itbehind California Correctional Institution and WascoState Prison.

February 2001electromechanical door operatorrepairs and schedule(Attachment DD) and COBCP.

Convex security mirrors are being Associaterecommended at the end of the dayroom of Warden,each bUilding to enable CIO's at the control Programs Idesk to see blind spots near inmate telephone Housing andareas. Plant Manager

Emergency Beds (E-Beds) on the dayroom floors N/Aare anticipated to deactivate in September-October2005. With this action, blind spots in the bUildingswiIJ be reduced. CIO's, as part of their dailyassignments, rove the dayroom floors in thebuildings, and work in conjunction with the controlbooth officers to ensure blind spots are covered andactivities monitored. Because various buildings havedifferent missions, vantage points and convex mirrorneeds will differ. All facility buildings have a minimumof 3 mirrors which can be adjusted to address blindspots. MCSP convex mirrors are sufficient for C/Ocoverage. We will continue to monitor the need formirrors.

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Finding #11: Specific to Facility "Au.11. The inmate exercise yard is very large for

level IV operations and only three CIO'sassigned to yard coverage. Additionally,supervisory staff were not able to focateassigned yard staff.

FacilityLieutenant


Due to the SNY designation of the facility, the size ofthe yard is mitigated by the nature of the inmatesassigned to the facility. Yard staff have been giventraining regarding their obligation to remain withintheir assignment area unless authorized to leave bytheir supervisor.


August 19, Training is on-going. Yard CIO's 1ST Sign-In sheets and Post2005 remain at their assigned post until Orders (Attachments EE, FF and

relieved. GG)

Office furnishings continued in use N/Afor this program.

August 22, Training is on-goiog. Staff are2005 reading and acknowledging their

Code Response Obligations

Responses from staff regarding incident Facilityresponse procedures were inconsistent. Lieutenant

Building five has in the dayroom area, various N/Aoffice fumiture items to facilitate the EOPtreatment program. This furniture andequipment may pose a staff safety issue, as itcould be used as a weapon or used to makeweapons. The team recommends that the officefurniture to be replaced with detention gradefurnishings.

All Facility staff will be provided specific trainingregarding their individual obligation during incidentresponse. Contained within each Post Order is thespecific Code Response designation. All staff arerequired to read and acknowledge their individualobligation during Code Response. Staff routinelyparticipate in prison alarm response training drillsscheduled by In-Service Training.

This is a temporary program setting designed to N/Adeliver Mental Health Service to approximately 35inmates. Currently a permanent treatment facility isbeing planned for construction within this year. Oncecompleted, this temporary treatment facility will bedismantled and removed. At this time, the need fordetention furnishings is not warranted. This rationaleis based upon the short term projected use of thistreatment area. In similar program settingsthroughout the Department. there have been nonegative behavioral trends, which justify the use ofthis type of furniture. However, through routinesecurity checks, the ability to use or make weaponswill be minimized.

1ST RecordsResponse(Attachment A).

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Finding #12: Specific to Facility "Bn •

12. Only two officers were assigned to this exercise Facifity "B"yard. The team agreed this was an insufficient Captainnumber of yard officers. The evaluation teamsuggests that the institution consider assigningan additional CIO to this yard.

E-beds contained in Building 7, 8. 9 and 10 Facility liB"present a staff safety risk. Poor visibility due to Captaininmates draping items between the bunks andinability to secure these inmates contribute tothis concern.

Facility B has two yard officers. two Search and N/AEscort officers and one yard observation post officerfor the exercise yard. Add itionally, there are twosergeants and one lieutenant. MCSP is withinestablished budgetary authority at 1900kovercrowding, 160 gym beds and 144 emergencydayroom beds. Based on the very low violence level.this current staffing appears adequate to maintainstaff and inmate safety.

CIO's are expected to remove any draping items in Ongoing.bed areas as indicated in their Post Orders.Supervisors and Managers conduct inspections.(Sergeants daily, Lieutenants weekly, Captainsmonthly, AW's quarterly). Additionally, C/O's, as partof their daily assignments. are expected to rove theday room floors in the buildings and work inconjunction with the control booth officers to ensureblind spots are covered and activities monitored.

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Inspection sheet example andPost Order (Attachments BBandZ) and Operational ProcedureMe 72 - Daily HousingInspections of the Housing Unitsfor Supervisors and Managers(Attachment HH).



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Finding #13: Specific to Facility lie".13. C/O's in Building 14 stated the inmates have the

ability to control the TV volume and the volumebecomes loud enough to hinder verbalcommunication between C/O's.

Facility "C'Captain


With the addition of E-beds in the housing units, theinstitution agreed to install receivers on the TV thatbroadcasts on FM reception thus eliminating thesound from the TV speakers. These receivers havebeen ordered. Pending the installation, C/O's havebeen instructed to order inmates to turn the volumedown or off if warranted. C/O's have always had theability and discretion to monitor TV volume.

August 19,2005Ongoing.

CurrentStatus

C/O's will monitor and correct anyTV volume issues impacting theirability to communicate. The partsare on order.


1ST sheet on TV Volume(Attachment II) Memorandum tostaff dated August 19, 2005 onTV Volume (Attachment JJ).

C/O's in Building 11, 14 & 15 reported that workorders are not addressed consistently. 'Teammembers observed lights that were burned outand doors located near the showers with locksthat were sticking.

Current process allows for approval of each work August 19, N/Aorder by the Facility Captain. If urgent, the Facility 2005Secretary faxes the work order to Plant Operations,then submits original. Submit work orders for lightsand door repairs.

Work orders dated August 19,2005. (Attachments KK and LL).

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Staff in Building 11,14 & 15 reporting concerns Facility"C:about not having adequate coverage dUring the Captaina.m. feeding release and recall.

MCSP will initiate a Work Order Report for all Octoberpending work orders to the respective areas. 2005

A total of twelve custody staff are at the Facility N/ADining Hall to monitor inmates as they enter and exitthe Dining Hall. This is adequate coverage for a 270design Level III Facility. MCSP is within establishedbUdgetary authority.

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Finding #14: Specific to Central Services, Correctional Treatment Center (eTC).14. The institutional fire identification system alarm Plant Manager In September 2005 MCSP will again submit a Unknown-

is not working properly. Staff reported that the Special Repair Project (SRP) to the Facilities pendingsystem has historically not functioned correctly Management Section. fundingand that during the rainy season, the problemwith the system is exacerbated.

Fire identification alarm systemstill not working properly.

SRP request originally submittedin April 1999 was denied. SRPresubmitted in August 2001 wasdenied. EqUipment BudgetRequest submitted September2004 was not approved.Headquarters OperationalAssessment Team (HOAnfunding requested January 2005,no response from Office ofFinancial Management Section6.00 submitted February 2005,no response yet by FacilitiesManagement Section. MCSP willresubmit again in September2005.

CTC Officer did not have a personal alarm. CorrectionalCaptain

Draft memorandum advising staff that wearing their August 8,personal alarm device (PAD) is mandatory. 2005

Memorandum has been drafted Memorandum dated August 8,and issued to Managers and 2005, and Post orderSupervisors. (Attachments MM and NN).

In the eTC, an electrical room has been Associateconverted into a staff break room/inmate clerk Warden,office. The room contained cleaning supplies Medicaland a staff refrigerator. The inmate clerk was Departmentnot being directly supervised and had access toC/O food.

Watch Commander will provide training to CTC August 25,C/O's. 2005

The electrical room is no longer being used by August 4,inmate clerks and the staff refrigerator is no longer 2005inside the room. The inmate workers are onlyallowed in the room under direct supervision of theBuilding Maintenance Worker.

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Findina #15: Level IV inmates with mental health issues and sensitive needs are being housed in inappropriate facilities (270 vs.180 deshml.15. Staff shared with us that MCSP is considered Associate The Level IV EOP MCSP inmates have been September NlA

the "hub" for EOP/SNY inmates, designating it Warden- evaluated through the current classification process 30, 2005as the only institution that houses EOP and SNY Housing 1 and endorsed Level IV 270 design. MCSP will initiateinmates. Compounding the situation, many of Programs an Issue Memorandum to the Operations Reviewthe SNY inmates have level IV classification Committee to determine feasibility of activation of apoints requiring 180 design housing; however, 180 design unit.this institution was designed as level III with270 design housing. As a result, staff safetybecomes a concern when SNY inmates, withassaultive histories, are housed in thesefacilities. The team was informed that theDepartment has no 180 design facilities tohouse these level IV SNY inmates.

Finding #16: Crowding leads to a potentiallv unsafe environment.

On occasion, inmates releasedfrom Psychiatric Security Unit toSNY/EOP's have very assaUltivepast behavior. After received andreviewed at MCSP, they havesubsequently been re-endorsedfor an Indeterminate SecurityHousing Unit (SHU) term due totheir inability to program within a270 design building program.General Population inmates arerequired to go to a 180 designafter serving a SHU, thoughEOP's nor SNY's have that samereauirement.

16. A second concern is the overcrowding in the Associatefacilities, which result in Emergency beds (E- Warden,beds), or triple bunk beds placed in housing unit Programs 1dayrooms, and double and triple bunking of the Housinggymnasiums. Designated housing units have upto 40 inmates sleeping in E-beds. While anadditional floor officer is assigned to supervisethese inmates, it is difficult for the officer tosupervise these inmates due to obstructedsightJines. Gymnasium "A" uses triple bunks,and Gymnasium "B" and "c" use double bunksto house up to 160 inmates. Gymnasium "A"has two floor officers and one gunner, andGymnasium "B" and "C" have two floor officersbut no gunner, because the inmates areclassified as level I-II. These gymnasiums areperceived as staff safety issues, as it is difficultto supervise the inmates due to the largenumber of beds and diminished siahtlines.

E-beds and dormitories in the facilities meet NlA N/Adepartmental security requirements as it pertains tocustody.

August 8, 2005 memorandum authored by Mike October 24, N/AKnowles, Deputy Director (A), Division of Adult 2005Institutions, advised institution's that the conversionof 950 level IV beds to 950 Level III (SNY) beds atSalinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) is tentativelyscheduled to begin in September 2005. Based onthis information MCSP would deactivate 228 E-bedsby the week of October 24. 2005.

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rfied taffts 'th th b tfill"tsF' d" #17 P t d S'dIn Ing . os an I preven managers rom 109 pos WI e est-qua I I S ..17. Additionally, the captains believe that Post and Associate MeSp follows Departmental policy as it pertains to N1A N/A Personnel Action on file

Bid (a process in Which lieutenant's, sergeants Warden, Central Post and Bid for supervisors and the Memorandum (Confidential)and C/O's request to work a specific post based Services of Understanding for C/O's. Training and correctiveon their seniority) restricts their ability to ensure action will occur for these personnel who fail toa high level of institutional and staff safety. The perform.best qualified individual is not always placed in aposition, based solely on seniority.

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as dormitories. Warden,Programs I

Post and Bid - supervisors were restricted from Housingdiverting an C/O from one position to anotherbased on operational needs.

Finding #19: During interviews with supervisors, they indicated that staff would benefit from specified training.

19. Supervisors said that correctional staff needed 1ST Manager See comments for Finding # 7 N/A N/A N/Ahands-on training for cell extractions (the use ofcell extraction equipment), and mental healthtechniques for dealing with EOP and CCCMSinmates.


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Findina #20: Staff reported that safety equipment Is adequate for lJerforming their duties and rated the equipment as "good" to "oka~".

20. Line staff said the type of safety equipment N/A No corrective action necessary as this is information N/A N/A N/Aissued to them includes personal alarms, radios proVided for discussion only.in designated positions, handcuffs, side~handle

batons, and Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) spray.They indicated that equipment could beobtained at the sergeant's office, control booths,or from the person being relieved at shiftchanae.

Finding #21: Not all custody staff have been issued stab resistant vests and are reluctant to wear ves~ from the "vest pool".

21. Of staff interviewed, all had been fitted for stab Armory See comments from Finding # 9 N/A N/A N/Aresistant vests, but not all had been issued Sergeantvests. The evaluation team reviewed the bodyarmor report, and noted that 567 custody staffhad been issued vests and 87 custody staff hadnot. Staff indicated that if they were assigned toa position which required a vest, they would notwear a vest from the avest pool" as theybelieved that these vests are not maintained in asanitary condition, and they were concernedwith the integrity of the material to withstand anattack by an inmate. Staff were familiar withdepartment policy which requires that a vest beworn by staff in specified positions, but did notalwavs comoly.

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