In re the Commitment of Calu

The opinion of the court was delivered by

NEWMAN, J.A.D.

The committee, Kenneth A. Calu (Calu), appeals from an order of January 16, 1996 denying less restrictive conditions in his privileges while a committee at Ancora State Psychiatric Hospital (Ancora). The three specific requests recommended by the treatment team were: (1) that Calu be permitted to walk unescorted to and from his on-grounds job; (2) that Calu be granted one half hour per week of open hours privilege to begin after three months of successful unescorted walks to and from work; and (8) that Calu be permitted to attend escorted…