Patton State Hospital — Local services in San Bernardino

To visit an inmate, file the appropriate paperwork with the Patton State police (mail it in) for a "background check" and you can go in to see your loved one on Sundays. I know, I've been there. I recommend minimizing interactions with staff as they are "high-strung," ignorant people. Don't do it. Must be court ordered to be there so District Attorney's office (DA) and public defender/private attorneys are useless. According to my brother the "counselors," doctors and those in training don't genuinely care (less interested then DMV employees) spending a better part of their shifts gossiping about personal nonsense and out of sight in their "offices." Apparently they document progress made for the court going so far as to put their thoughts/expert opinions.. According to the state's website, the ratio of employees to patients/inmates is insane. It's like a small base employing the surrounding areas.. At least they don't do...

You can't run a state hospital with staff who come to work high and talks about how they get drunk and etc. I was in eb-02 staff there have no respect for the job or the people. It's so sad because a lot of them are really sick and have no.idea what's going on and the staff they always talk down to the patient even the social workers like come on now do you really have to treat patients like that knowing your brain is working way better than yours? They should feel sorry for them self. But some staff really care for what they do. Allen RN is an outstanding guy much...

my mother is here,we visit her when we can the people are so nice and there is mostly nobody there and i'v been there like 10 times to see her and its so amazing the bad part is that you only have 3 hrs :( and i'm gonna miss her so much we could not see her this year i was crying,but this place is do nice at least i get to see my mom again and its a long way from Bakersfield to here to long beach and back i was...