Slale of California

Califomia Department of Corrections lind Rehabiliialion

MEMORANDUM
Date:

January 29,2007

To:

Marvin Mutch
MAC Chairman
1-N-42 Lower

From:

California State Prison - San Quentin, San Quentin, CA 94964

Subject:

INMATE CLAIMS FOR REIMBURSEMENT- NORTH BLOCK

This memo is to give you and fellow North Block inmates' information on the CDC 602'5 related to
the October 2006 ceil searches.
The Inmate Trust Office is providing help to any North Block inmate who has already filed an appeal
for any personal property destroyed or lost during the October 2006 cell search. This applies to inmates
who have not already had their appeal settled by the Correctional Sergeant or any other North Block
officer. If a North Block inmate has already received some form of compensation and this issue was
settled, then this process does not apply to you.
This only applies to inmates who have had their appeals answered at the informal level by the
Correctional Sergeant involved in the 602 process, and have not been compensated. This process only
allows for inmate claims that do not exceed $1,000.00.

What I will need from each inmate seeking compensation is your original informal (granted or
partially granted) appeal, with proof (copies of receipts, invoices, etc.) of payment, an itemized
amount and or total amount of property lost, and a signed Release of Liability form (Attachment
D). Please see the copy of this attachment for its detail and explanation. Inmates are to complete Parts
1,2 and 3. Without a signed form by the inmate no claim for compensation will go to Sacra.'llento. For
blank copies of the Release of Liability form please see the MAC Chairman.
I will be in the North Block Housing Area on Wednesday thru Friday, January 31 thru February 2,
2007, at 3:30 p.m. thru 4:30 p.m., collecting all documentation just described. If I need more time to
finish collecting this documentation I will be available the following week.
A11602's given to me at the stated times above will be reviewed by the Correctional Sergeant in order
to make certain that the inmate has not already been previously compensated in some form or another.
If an inmate attempts to double dip and wastes my time and slows down the process for the inmates
who have valid 602's I will personally write you up.

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When the Inmate Trust Office has a sufficient number of 602's and signed Release of Liability Letters,
we will send those documents to Sacramento requesting separate checks for each inmate. We will also
create a fonn of receipt and assign each inmate a claim number for their records (inmates will receive
copy of the receipt form and signed Release of Liability). When we get enough 602'8 and Release
Letters again, we will repeat the same process.

It is expected that 'payment will happen within 5 to 6 weeks after sending these documents to
Sacramento. Upon getting these checks in the hunate Trust Office (not sent to the inmate), we should
be able to deposit these funds in 2 or 3 business days. There will be no restitution taken from these
deposits. Each inmate claimant will receive a trust account statement showing deposit of these funds.
Again, I am only collecting documentation from inmates who have not already been compensated by
North Block Custody staff for the loss of inmate property that does not exceed $1000.00.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

LarryW d
Sr. Accounting Officer
Inmate Trust Accounting
Attachment
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CDW
S.Petrakis
J.C. Allen
Tina Cherry
Capt. P. Speer
MAC'

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

INMATEIWARDIPAROLEE
GOVERNMENT CLAIMS RELEASE FORM
INSTITUTIONIREGION LOG NUMBER~
INSTITUTIONIFACILITYIREGION NAME.

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Upon receipt of payment of

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dollars ($

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(InmatelWard/Parolee, CDC number,)
hereby agrees to release and discharge the State of California, its officers, agents and employees
from any and all liability arising from and under the matters recited in Claim No.
approved by the Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board (payment to be made
by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in accordance with Government Code
Section 965) and from and all claims and demands which he/she now has or may hereafter
have against the State of California or any officer, agent and employee thereof, for damages
of any nature arising out of the matters alleged in his/her claim.

This release is freely and voluntarily entered into by the undersigned.

CDC Number

Date

Staff Witness Signature

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Date

Staff Witness Signature

Title

Date

ATTACHMENT D

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