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During the March 2024 review period, the OIG’s Local Inquiry Team retrospectively reviewed 12 random local inquiry cases that were closed by the department from October 2023 through February 2024 in order to assess the department’s performance on local inquiry cases that our office did not contemporaneously monitor.

From March 1, 2024, through March 31, 2024, the OIG’s Local Inquiry Team monitored and closed eight cases. This document presents all monitored and closed cases during this period.

This report summarizes our monitoring of the inquiries and investigations the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation performed from January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023 into allegations of staff misconduct incarcerated persons raised through the department’s grievance and appeal processes. The report summarizes our monitoring of the department’s Centralized Screening Process, the investigations performed by the Office of Internal Affairs’ Allegation Inquiry Unit, and the investigations performed by locally designated investigators who work at the prisons where the grievances originated.

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 from February 6, 2024, through March 8, 2024.

From February 1, 2024, through February 29, 2024, the OIG’s Local Inquiry Team monitored and closed six cases. This document presents all monitored and closed cases during this period.

During the February 2024 review period, the OIG’s Local Inquiry Team retrospectively reviewed 16 random local inquiry cases that were closed by the department from August 2023 through February 2024 in order to assess the department’s performance on local inquiry cases that our office did not contemporaneously monitor.

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 July 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. Of the 197 cases we monitored and closed in this time period, we rated 49 cases sufficient, 89 sufficient with recommendations, and 59 cases insufficient.

During February 2024, the OIG’s Centralized Screening Monitoring Team randomly selected 548 grievances for monitoring. This document presents 11 notable cases monitored and closed by the OIG during February 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 three notable use-of-force incidents that the Field Investigations Monitoring Unit closed from January 1, 2024, through February 5, 2024.