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This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at Pleasant Valley State Prison between January 2024 to June 2024. We rated the case review component of the overall health care quality at PVSP adequate, and the compliance component of the overall health care quality at PVSP adequate.

This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at Calipatria State Prison between December 2023 and May 2024. We rated the case review component of the overall health care quality adequate and the compliance component of the overall health care quality inadequate.

During June 2025, the OIG’s Centralized Screening Monitoring Team randomly selected 1,277 grievances for monitoring. This document presents seven notable cases monitored and closed by the OIG during June 2025.

Between March 2024 and August 2024, the department completed 288 investigations into complaints incarcerated people made against other incarcerated people that alleged violations of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). In this special review, we assessed departmental responses to 74 of these 288 (26 percent) investigations, finding that investigators did not perform one or more investigative procedures in 91 percent (67 of 74) of the cases we reviewed. We identified several other concerning issues in the department’s response to the PREA allegations we reviewed and poor oversight by the institutional committees that review the completed investigations for completeness and adequacy.

From January 1, 2025, through June 30, 2025, the OIG’s Force Investigation Review Team completed its review of 13 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR or the department) closed use-of-force investigation cases. This document presents summaries of five notable closed use-of-force investigations the OIG reviewed during this reporting period.

This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at Pelican Bay State Prison between November 2023 and April 2024. We rated the case review component of the overall health care quality adequate and the compliance component of the overall health care quality adequate.

This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at California Men’s Colony between October 2023 and March 2024. We rated the case review component of the overall health care quality adequate and the compliance component of the overall health care quality adequate.

The Office of the Inspector General (the OIG), pursuant to statute, maintains an Intake Processing Unit that receives complaints from the incarcerated population and the public. Staff in the Intake Processing Unit respond to complaints the OIG receives through U.S. Postal mail, phone calls (toll-free hotline), and inquiries through our website, which can exceed 1,000 monthly claims. Below are 18 complaints the Intake Processing Unit reviewed and closed between March 2025 and May 2025. These cases highlight the OIG’s impact and efforts to resolve each complainant’s concerns.

During May 2025, the OIG’s Centralized Screening Monitoring Team randomly selected 1,421 grievances for monitoring. This document presents six notable cases monitored and closed by the OIG during May 2025.