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Advocating for CA Prisoners Marvin Mutch Progressive Lawyering Day October 8, 2016 Introduction The Title 15 Explained Who is held to the Title 15? Does the Title 15 apply to solitary confinement? Title 15 and prisoner

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Advocating for CA Prisoners

Marvin Mutch Progressive Lawyering Day October 8, 2016

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Overview

Introduction
The Title 15 Explained
Who is held to the Title 15?
Does the Title 15 apply to solitary

confinement?

Title 15 and prisoner discipline
Title 15 and guard conduct
Example
Questions

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Forty-one years of experience

“young” marvin photo

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The Title 15

PDF: http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Regulations/Adult_Operations/docs/Title15-2016.pdf
With Hyperlinks: http://bit.ly/2cjQxnC

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Title 15 in CA Law

CA Constitution CA Penal Code CA Code of Regulations Department Operating Manual (DOM) Operational Procedures/ Institutional Procedures

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Use of Title 15

CDCR officers trained on Title 15

regulations

Receive ongoing training
Prisoners are handed a book

regardless of literacy, expected to navigate the regulations

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Toussaint v. McCarthy (1986)

Extended Title 15 rights for Administrative

Segregation.

Conditions in AdSeg were awful – called

the “hole” for a reason.

Set up legal background for hunger strikes

in 2011/2013.

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CDCR 115 Form

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CDCR 602 Form

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Example

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