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The Office of the Inspector General’s (the OIG) Intake Processing Unit receives complaints from the incarcerated population and the public. To assist with the review of complaints, Intake staff actively work to gain knowledge of local and departmentwide issues through attending periodic meetings with inmate advisory councils (IACs) at California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the department) prisons. This report presents some of the common issues raised by the IACs regarding departmental processes, along with the OIG’s actions and recommendations pertaining to those issues.

This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at Avenal 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.

This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at California Correctional Institution between March and August 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 Salinas Valley State Prison between January and June 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 Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison at Corcoran between February and July 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 Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility between December 2022 and May 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 North Kern State Prison between November 2022 and April 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.

In this audit, we reviewed the department’s classification process to screen incarcerated people for escape risk and observed physical security layouts and protocols for incarcerated people counts. We reviewed documentation on select escapes that occurred between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2023, from minimum-support facilities and conservation camps—the only locations with reported escapes during the audit period. We also assessed both the security recommendations made by managers at affected facilities and the corrective action taken to address the escapes.

This report summarizes the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s performance in conducting internal investigations and handling employee discipline cases we monitored and closed from January 1, 2024, through June 30, 2024. Of the 197 cases we monitored and closed in this time period, we rated 31 cases sufficient, 101 sufficient with recommendations, and 65 cases insufficient.