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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.

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.

This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at High Desert State Prison between September 2023 and February 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 Institution for Women 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.

This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at Folsom State Prison between August 2023 and January 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.

This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at Centinela State Prison between July and December 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 contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at Correctional Training Facility between June and November 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 contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at Kern Valley State Prison between April and September 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.