This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at California Rehabilitation Center between August 2022 and January 2023. We rated the case review component of the overall health care quality adequate and the compliance component of the overall health care quality inadequate.
This report summarizes the work we performed in 2023 reviewing 730 use-of-force incidents that occurred at California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (department) facilities. In this report, we present 14 monitored incidents in which we identified significant concerns stemming from issues that occurred prior to, during, and after the use-of-force incidents. We issued five recommendations to address concerns we identified while assessing the incidents and the various phases of the use-of-force review process.
This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at California Medical Facility between October 2022 and March 2023. We rated the case review component of the overall health care quality inadequate and the compliance component of the overall health care quality inadequate.
In this audit we examined the accuracy and consistency of prison release date calculations for incarcerated people receiving determinate sentences and evaluated the department’s processes and procedures related to those calculations. We assessed the department’s process to ensure the accuracy of sentencing term release dates and to determine if the department properly applied time credits earned, forfeited, and restored in the calculation of sentencing term release dates in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines.
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This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at California State Prison, Corcoran between September 2022 and February 2023. We rated the case review component of the overall health care quality inadequate and the compliance component of the overall health care quality inadequate.
This report examines the inquiries completed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Allegation Inquiry Management Section (AIMS) from January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021. According to the department’s data, during 2021, AIMS received 3,434 staff complaint inquiries referred by wardens and completed 1,445 inquiries. OIG inspectors monitored 28 inquiry cases. We assessed the overall inquiry processes performed by the department as poor in 17 cases, or 60 percent. For the remaining 11 cases, or 39 percent, we determined the department performed satisfactory work in completing the cases.
The Office of the Inspector General safeguards the integrity of the State’s correctional system by providing oversight and transparency regarding the policies and practices of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. We carry out this mission through diligent monitoring, honest assessment, and dedication to improving the correctional system of our State.
We promise to do our best to assist in safeguarding the integrity of the State’s correctional system. If you have witnessed or know of any misconduct within the operations of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, please report the information to us, below.
The OIG evaluates the qualifications of every candidate whom the Governor nominates for appointment as a warden at an adult correctional institution or as a superintendent at a juvenile facility and the Inspector General reports the recommendation regarding each candidate’s qualifications in confidence to the Governor.
It is the policy of the California Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to provide service in the language of our customers.
If you feel that we have not provided you with adequate interpretation services or have denied you an available translated document, please complete and submit the OIG’s Language Access Complaint Process and Complaint Form, available in English and Spanish.
