During August 2024, the OIG’s Local Inquiry Team closed 26 monitored inquiries. Of those 26 inquiries, the OIG monitored six inquiries contemporaneously and monitored 20 inquiries retrospectively. The summaries that follow present seven notable inquiries the OIG monitored and closed during August 2024.
As part of the Office of the Inspector General’s statutory authority, we monitor the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s performance and compliance with the use of force at its 33 prisons, parole operations, and Office of Correctional Safety. This document presents four notable use-of-force incidents that the Field Investigations Monitoring Unit closed during July 2024.
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.
During July 2024, the OIG’s Centralized Screening Monitoring Team monitored and closed 435 grievances. This document presents nine notable cases monitored and closed by the OIG during July 2024.
During July 2024, the OIG’s Local Inquiry Team closed 45 monitored inquiries. Of those 45 inquiries, the OIG monitored 11 inquiries contemporaneously and monitored 34 inquiries retrospectively. The summaries that follow present 10 notable inquiries the OIG monitored and closed during July 2024.
As part of the Office of the Inspector General’s statutory authority, we monitor the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s performance and compliance with the use of force at its 33 prisons, parole operations, and Office of Correctional Safety. This document presents four notable use-of-force incidents that the Field Investigations Monitoring Unit closed during June 2024.
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.
During June 2024, the OIG’s Centralized Screening Monitoring Team monitored and closed 634 grievances. This document presents six notable cases monitored and closed by the OIG during May 2024.
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