California Health Care Facility (CHCF) is a

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for incarcerated patients with long-term medical needs or acute mental health needs. The prison is located in Stockton, California, on the site of the former Karl Holton Youth Correctional Facility. Incarcerated people of all security levels are treated at the facility.

Facilities and programs

The 61-building medical complex was built in response to two federal class action civil rights lawsuits ('' Plata v. Schwarzenegger'' and ''

Coleman v. Schwarzenegger ''Coleman v. Schwarzenegger'', docket no. 2:90-cv-00520-LKK-JFM ( E.D. Cal.), is a federal class action civil rights lawsuit under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the Rehabil ...

''), after which a federal court in Sacramento ruled that the

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's medical and mental health services violated the

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's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. The facility cost $839 million to construct and employs approximately 4,000 custody, medical and support staff. Facilities include a diagnostic center, dental clinic, dialysis clinic, memory care center, and palliative care unit. CHCF provides both inpatient and outpatient medical and mental health treatment. As of April 30, 2020, CHCF was incarcerating people at 93.2% of its design capacity, with 2,751 occupants.

Notable events

In March of 2019, CDCR confirmed a patient who had been incarcerated at CHCF and died tested positive after death for Legionnaires' disease. After additional testing of patients with pneumonia, one additional patient tested positive for Legionnaires' disease and was treated at the facility. In response to the outbreak, CHCF temporarily shut off some water access, including showers, and instead provided

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for drinking and hygiene.

Notable inmates

* Robert Durst, real-estate heir; convicted of murder (died in 2022 during the pendency of appeals) *Manuel Moore, one of the "Zebra" murderers; died in 2017 in custody *

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References

External links

California Health Care Facility
official website
Carnival helps those in Memory Care Unit
{{State prisons in California Stockton, California 2013 establishments in California

Facilities and programs

Notable events

Notable inmates

See also

References

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