History of the Office of the Inspector General

The Office of the Inspector General was established by the Legislature in 1994 to review the policies and procedures of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency in conducting audits and investigations. In 1998 and 1999, acting in response to legislative hearings that revealed widespread abuse in the state’s correctional system, the Legislature significantly expanded the Inspector General’s responsibility for overseeing California’s correctional agencies and transformed the Office of the Inspector General into an independent agency reporting directly to the Governor.