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N.6 CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT INMATES Page 1 of 2 #16//02 San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Detention Services Bureau – Manual of Policies and Procedures PURPOSE To estab lish uniform procedures for the treatment of self-represented inmates in " conditions of confinement " lawsuits. POLICY All facilities will provide fair and equ itable treatment for self-represented inmates involved in " conditions of confinement " actions (conditions of c onfinement inmates are not considered "Pro- Per" inmates for the purpose of DSB P&P s ection N.7 against the county ). PROCEDURE I. CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT STATUS County c ounsel will send a copy of the first page of the court filing which will identify the plaintiff (inmate) to the s upervising c orrectional counselor (SCC) at the San Diego Central Jail (SDCJ) of any inmate that has been granted self -representation by the court. The SDCJ SCC will notify the Jail Population Management Unit (JPM U) sergeant of the status change. The JPMU s ergeant will enter the conditions of c onfinement i nmate ( CCI) hazard into JIMS. The SCC at the facility where the c onditions of c onfinement inmate is housed will be notified of the status change, so they may st art providing the accommodations described in this section. The w atch commander is authorized to suspend for cause any and all of the c onditions of confinement accommodations herein ordered. The inmate may appeal by filing a grievance to the f acility c ommander. II. CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT SUPPLIES The following items may be purchased from commissary. The following items may be possessed by conditions of c onfinement inmate s in reasonable quantities : A. Ruled legal pad B. Standard legal size envelopes C. Golf pencils, lead black D. Erasers DATE: JANUARY 28, 2016 NUMBER: N.6 SUBJECT: CONDITION S OF CONFINEMENT INMATES RELATED SECTIONS: I.41, P.3 N.6 CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT INMATES Page 2 of 2 #16//02 Indigent conditions of c onfinement inmates will be given a supply of the above items by the correctional c ounselor, which will be paid for by the i nmate w elfare fund. Replacement of any of the items listed above shall be accomplished through a written request to the c orrectional c ounselor. The c orrectional c ounselor will determine the validity of the request and furnish the appropriate supplies. The c orrectional c ounselor will provide - one copy of an inmate’s final legal ( conditions of confinement case) work product upon his/her request . III. COMMUNICATION A. Telephone Conditions of c onfinement inmates may use the phones in their housing areas to plac e calls concerning their cases. Abuse of the telephone may result in the loss of telephone privile ges. B. Mail Conditions of confinement inmate s are authorized to mail all correspondence necessary for their law suit, at their own expense. Only th at corres pondence which meets the confidential/ legal m ail definition will be handled as such. All other mail will be subject to the general provisions (refer to DSB P&P section P.3 regarding inmate mail) . Indigent conditions of confinement inmates may submit their legal correspondence to the correctional c ounselor who will in turn, affix the needed postage or mail it through county messenger m ail. IV. ACCESS TO LEGAL RESOURCES Conditions of c onfinement inmates will access legal resources th rough the use of the Legal Research Associates (LRA) request. Conditions of c onfinement inmates will be allowed two (2) LRA requests a month. The requests and responses will be logged by the c orrectional c ounselors. V. HOUSING AND MISCELLANEOUS Conditions of c onfinement inmates shall be housed in areas that are compatible with their classification status. The c orrectional c ounselor will keep a log for each conditions of confinement inmate. The log will have a list of supplies furnished (if dete rmined to be indigent) , LRA requests and responses, and special requests approved. Inmate request forms from conditions of c onfinement inmates requesting additional items will be forwarded to the c orrection al counselor for review. VI. CELL/PROPERTY SEARCHES Cell or property searches of conditions of confinement inmate s' "legal" materials will be carried out in the method outlined in policy (refer to DSB P&P section I.41 regarding privileged communication).