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Who is Unit 3?
Unit 3 is designated as the Professional Educators and Librarians Bargaining Unit.
We represent Professional Educators and Librarians in the following Departments:

Department of Rehabilitation (DOR)
The California Department of Rehabilitation provides services and advocacy resulting in employment, independent living and equality for individuals with disabilities. Specifically our educators work with newly blinded adults at the Orientation Center for the Blind in Albany.

Department of Mental Health (DMH)
The California Department of Mental Health responsibilities include: the care and treatment of the severely mentally ill at the five state mental hospitals (Atascadero, Metropolitan, Napa, Coalinga and Patton State Hospitals) and at the Acute Psychiatric Programs located at the California Medical Facilities in Vacaville and Salinas Valley.

Department of Developmental Services (DDS)
The California Department of Developmental Services is the agency through which the State of California provides services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities. These disabilities include mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism and related conditions. Services are provided through state-operated developmental centers and community facilities, and contracts with 21 non-profit regional centers.

Department of Education (DOE)
Provides administrative oversight and support to three State Special Schools and three Diagnostic Centers in California. Diagnostic Centers - Provides comprehensive assessments to special education students and staff development and training services to local educational agencies.
School for the Blind - Provides intensive, disability specific educational services for pupils who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind, ages 3-22.
Schools for the Deaf - Provides comprehensive educational programs to deaf and hard of hearing pupils, ages 3-22.

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
  • Adult Division
  • Juvenile Justice Division

Listed below is the totals for each Department. This information is effective January 31, 2008.

CDCR-Adult Total
CDCR-DJJ   Total
DDS   Total
DMH   Total
DOE   Total
DOR   Total
Grand Total
    1425
    348
    117
     49
     409
     17
      2365



CDCR LAO Op-Ed

LAO report on education in corrections

By Cindie Fonseca

The governor, the Legislature and many outside experts agree that educating prisoners will reduce the chance they will commit more crimes, but will this ever change the culture at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation?

The Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) released a report last month detailing the failure of the CDCR to implement education programs in prison that have the potential to reduce the number of inmates who return to prison. That followed January’s report by the Governor’s Rehabilitation Strike Team which came to many of the same conclusions.

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List of Sites by Department that have Unit 3 Members

 
Department of Rehabilitation
  • Orientation Center for the Blind, DOR

Department of Education
  • California School for the Deaf-Riverside, DOE
  •  Diagnostic Center, South, DOE
  • California School for the Deaf, DOE
  • California School for the Blind, DOE
  • Diagnostic Center-North, DOE
  • Diagnostic Center-Central, DOE

Department of Developmental Services
  • Fairview Developmental Center, DDS
  • Lanterman Developmental Center, DDS
  • Canyon Springs, DDS
  •  Porterville Developmental Center, DDS
  •  Agnews Developmental Center, DDS
  • Sonoma Developmental Center, DDS
  • Sierra Vista, DDS

Department of Mental Health
  • Patton State Hospital, DMH
  • Metropolitan State Hospital, DMH
  • Atascadero State Hospital, DMH
  • Salinas Valley Psychiatric Program
  • Vacaville Psychiatric Program
  • Napa State Hospital, DMH
  • Coalinga State Hospital, DMH

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation-Division of Juvenile Justice
  • Heman G. Stark, CDCR-DJJ
  • Southern Youth Correctional Reception Center-Clinic, CDCR-DJJ
  • Paso De Robles Youth, CDCR-DJJ
  • Ventura Youth Correctional Facility, CDCR-DJJ
  • Preston Youth Correctional Facility, CDCR-DJJ
  • Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp, CDCR-DJJ
  • Northern California Youth Correctional Center, CDCR-DJJ  
  • Washington Ridge, CDCR-DJJ
  • Downtown Sac Offices, OCE & DJJ
 
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation-Adult
  • RJ Donovan Correctional Facility at Rock Mountain, CDCR-Adult
  • California Institution for Men, CDCR-Adult
  • California Institution for Women, CDCR-Adult
  • California Rehabilitation Center, CDCR-Adult
  • California Correctional Institution, CDCR-Adult       
  • California State Prison, Los Angeles County, CDCR-Adult
  • Centinela State Prison, CDCR-Adult
  • Ironwood State Prison, CDCR-Adult
  • Calipatria State Prison, CDCR-Adult
  • Chuckawalla Valley State Prison, CDCR-Adult
  • California Men’s Colony, CDCR-Adult
  • North Kern State Prison, CDCR-Adult
  • Wasco State Prison, CDCR-Adult
  • Salinas Valley State Prison, CDCR-Adult
  • Correctional Training Facility (Soledad), CDCR-Adult
  • California Medical Facility, CDCR-Adult
  • California State Prison-Solano, CDCR-Adult
  • San Quentin State Prison, CDCR-Adult
  • Mule Creek State Prison, CDCR-Adult
  • California State Prison-Sacramento, CDCR-Adult
  • Folsom State Prison, CDCR-Adult
  • Deuel Vocational Institution, CDCR-Adult
  • Sierra Conservation Center, CDCR-Adult
  • Central California Women’s Facility, CDCR-Adult
  • Valley State Prison for Women, CDCR-Adult
  • California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison-Corcoran, CDCR-Adult
  • Corcoran State Prison, CDCR-Adult
  • Avenal State Prison, CDCR-Adult
  • Pleasant Valley State Prison, CDCR-Adult
  • California Correctional Center, CDCR-Adult
  • High Desert State Prison, CDCR-Adult
  • Downtown Sac Offices, OCE & DJJ