California Medical Facility

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California Medical Facility (CMF)
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California Medical Facility
Location Vacaville, California
Coordinates 38°19′44″N121°58′48″W / 38.329°N 121.980°W / 38.329; -121.980
StatusOperational
Security classMinimum to Maximum
Capacity2,318
Population1,910 (82.4% capacity)(as of January 31, 2023 [1] )
Opened1955
Managed by California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Warden Daniel Cueva [2]

California Medical Facility (CMF) is a male-only state prison medical facility located in the city of Vacaville in Solano County, California. It is older than California State Prison, Solano, the other state prison in Vacaville.

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Facilities

CMF's facilities include Level I ("Open dormitories without a secure perimeter") housing, Level II ("Open dormitories with secure perimeter fences and armed coverage") housing, Level III and IV ("Individual cells, fenced perimeters and armed coverage") housing. [3]

With a "general acute care hospital, correctional treatment center (CTC), licensed elderly care unit, in-patient and out-patient psychiatric facilities, a hospice unit for terminally ill inmates, housing and treatment for inmates identified with AIDS/HIV, general population, and other special inmate housing," [4] it is known as "the [California] prison system's health care flagship" and "has many of its best clinical programs." [5] CMF has the largest hospital among California prisons. [6]

In 2005, CMF had 506 medical staff positions (many of which were not filled) and a health care budget of $72.3 million. [5] As of Fiscal Year 2006/2007, CMF had a total of 1,853 staff and an annual budget of $180 million. [4] As of September 2007, it had a design capacity of 2,179 but a total institution population of 3,047, for an occupancy rate of 139.9 percent. [7]

As of April 30, 2020, CMF was incarcerating people at 101.5% of its design capacity, with 2,396 occupants. [8]

History

Location of Vacaville within Solano County, and location of Solano County within California Solano County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Vacaville Highlighted.svg
Location of Vacaville within Solano County, and location of Solano County within California
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California Medical Facility entrance sign

CMF opened in 1955. [3]

Among other programs at CMF, the Volunteers of Vacaville began in 1960 as a cooperative effort between the community, staff, and inmates. [9] Inmates who participate in the Volunteers of Vacaville's Blind Project create audiobooks, transcribe books into braille, clean and repair Perkins Brailler machines, and resurface eyeglasses. [9] The initial goal of this organization was to transcribe books onto audiotape for the blind community outside of the prison. The Blind Project has since grown into a nationally and internationally recognized leader in blind services. [10]

In 1984, the California prison system's first AIDS case was treated at CMF, [11] [12] and later the system's first specialized AIDS facilities were developed there. [5]

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the quality of medical care at CMF was found to be lacking, as evidenced by the following:

In 1996 at CMF, a 17-bed, state-licensed hospice began caring for dying inmates [12] which was the first hospice among California prisons. [5] Due to an increasing population of elderly at CMF, a nursing home with 21 beds opened in September 2005 as a pilot program. [5]

Notable inmates

Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails
Bobby Beausoleil B28302Serving a life sentence; denied parole multiple times. [18] [19] An associate of the Manson Family who was convicted of the 1969 murder of Gary Hinman. [20]
Edmund Kemper B52453Serving a life sentence. [21] Convicted of murdering 8 people, including his own mother, in the early 1970s. [22]

See also

References

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