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The Office of the Inspector General (the OIG), as part of our 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 that the OIG receives through U.S. Postal mail, phone calls (toll-free hotline), and inquiries through our website, which can exceed 800 claims a month. Below are eight complaints that the Intake Processing Unit reviewed and closed as of August 2024. These cases highlight the OIG’s impact and efforts to resolve the complainant’s concerns.

This Sentinel Case involves a male correctional administrator who allegedly made multiple derogatory and obscene comments to subordinate female staff and engaged in behaviors that violated the department’s Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and sexual harassment policies. The administrator also attempted to solicit information that concerned EEO complaints filed against him and intimidated a manager whom he supervised after the manager’s colleague had reported the administrator’s alleged misconduct. The hiring authority dismissed the administrator. However, without sufficient justification, the department subsequently entered into a settlement agreement with the administrator demoting him to a correctional officer position and suspending him for 11 months.

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 two notable use-of-force incidents that the Field Investigations Monitoring Unit closed during August 2024.

During August 2024, the OIG’s Centralized Screening Monitoring Team monitored and closed 702 grievances. This document presents eight notable cases monitored and closed by the OIG during August 2024.

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.