Treatment Programs & Rehabilitation

Program I

Consists of five ICF units.  Three of the units treat Individuals who are vulnerable to victimization due to age, physical fragility or psychological vulnerability, and who could benefit from the protective environment. The other unit treats Individuals who are exclusively or predominately Spanish speaking and are likely to benefit from treatment in their primary language.  The last unit is unique in that it is also a non-smoking unit with a focus on health and wellness.  There is a smoking cessation component provided to a limited number of smokers who are trying to quit.  All legal commitment types may be represented on this program’s units; Individuals are admitted based on individual treatment needs rather than on legal status.

Program III

Consists of four treatment units.  Three units are all male units for both PC 1026 and civilly committed Individuals who are in need of treatment in a secure setting because of AWOL risk and potential of violence.  One unit is an all-female unit for treatment of mentally disordered prisoners and mentally disordered prison parolees.

Program IV

Consists of four treatment units for adult male and female Individuals at the intermediate care level.  The majority of the Individuals have been committed as mentally incompetent to stand trial due to a mental disorder.  These Individuals have been designated by the court to be in need of forensic treatment in a secure environment to regain their competency to stand trial.  The program also treats Individuals who have been committed by the courts pursuant to section 1026 of the penal code.

Program V

Consists of four units which provide treatment for those Individuals who have been committed to Patton pursuant to PC 1026 of the penal code.  The program consists of three male units and one coed unit.  Treatment focus is to emphasize the potential for each Individual to learn new skills and adaptive coping mechanisms to enhance the quality of  his/her life at Patton and to prepare for eventual transfer to Community Outpatient Treatment (C.O.T.) placement.  Other goals are to motivate Individuals for treatment, develop greater self-autonomy and independence, and mastery of ADL skills and self-discipline.

Program VI

Consists of the Admissions Suite, a processing center for all Individuals coming into the facility.  Here, they are initially assessed and assigned to an appropriate unit for continued assessment and treatment.  Two co-ed and two all male acute psychiatric units receive Individuals from the Admission Suite and are designed to introduce the Individual to the forensic mental health system, provide a comprehensive assessment/evaluation, and involve the Individuals in short-term treatment prior to their transfer to an intermediate care unit. Another unit which is a long term PC 1026 co-ed unit. One of the units also provides special programming for hearing impaired/deaf penal code Individuals identified throughout the system.

Program VII

Treats Individuals committed to Patton under section 1370 of the penal code.  Individuals are transferred to Program VII units after a period in Program VI acute care units.   These four units include two coed and two all male.  The treatment goal is to restore Individuals to trial competency prior to their maximum commitment date (the date after which an Individual must be returned to court, whether competent or incompetent).  Additionally, all units have LPS and Murphy Conservatee Individuals who were not found competent prior to their maximum date as a PC 1370 and are being prepared for a less secure environment.

Program VIII

This program consists of four treatment units designed to admit both male and female judicially committed Individuals, 18 years of age and older, who have been diagnosed with a major mental disorder according to the DSMIV.  Individuals are admitted to this program irrespective of crime, county, and commitment (with the exception of PC 1370).  Due to the co-ed setting, Individuals admitted to this program should be free from exploitive behaviors directed towards peers of the opposite sex.  The emphasis in the co-educational treatment environment on the units is focused on leave preparation planning and community integration in order to ensure successful community re-entry for our Individuals.