In January, Vera emailed a summary update to Commissioner Roy in anticipation of the upcoming site visit. Later Vera met with Shar Lopez, MNDOC site lead, to discuss and outline details of upcoming site visit Vera held a conference call to conduct a final review of the disciplinary segregation system map and site visit agendas for each facility. Vera emailed a summary memo and system map to MNDOC Commissioner Roy outlining in greater detail, Vera's progress thus far, preliminary data findings, and next steps for findings and recommendations and the implementation process. At the end of the month, Vera conducted a site visit where we toured maximum-security prison MCF Oak Park Heights, conducted one focus group with incarcerated men, spoke with custody staff on the units, and met with leadership and staff regarding their step-down program. Vera had a meeting with Commissioner Roy and his leadership team to provide an update on Vera's assessment and next steps related to findings and recommendations and the implementation process. Vera also visited MCF Lino Lakes, met with the warden and staff, toured segregation unit, and Youthful Offender Unit. Vera conducted site visit to MCF Rush City, met with staff, leadership, and the warden, learned about the use of segregation at the facility, toured the facility with specific attention given to the segregation unit, and the special housing unit where "in-house segregation" takes place.
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