Wright

FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND JUDGMENT

This action was brought by plaintiffs on behalf of themselves and the class of all male prisoners confined or subject to confinement in maximum security at four State of California prisons located, respectively, at San Quentin, Folsom, Soledad and Tracy. Defendants are the wardens of the prisons and the director of the Department of Corrections. The class, certified on February 25, 1976, is divided into three subclasses: (1) All prisoners confined and/or subject to being confined in maximum security units at the four institutions as a result of disciplinary procedures; (2) all prisoners so confined who have knowingly and voluntarily requested confinement in such units; and (3) all prisoners confined in such units or subject to being so confined who are not included in sub-class (1) or (2). This last sub-class includes those confined for so-called “administrative” reasons.

The complaint alleges two causes of action. The first challenges the procedures resulting in confinement of inmates in maximum security units for “administrative” reasons. The second challenges conditions of confinement in the units.

By the motions now hefore…