Publications

This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at Valley State Prison between October 2025 and April 5, 2026. 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 State Prison, Los Angeles County from August 2025 through February 9, 2026. We rated the case review component of the overall health care quality adequate and the compliance component of the overall health care quality adequate.

In this audit, the OIG assessed the department’s effectiveness in meeting the dietary needs of the incarcerated population and evaluated whether health and safety guidelines were being met. The department follows policies and procedures outlined in the Department Operations Manual (DOM), and the department’s Food Services Handbook.

This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at Wasco State Prison from September 2025 through March 8, 2026. 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 Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison at Corcoran from July 2025 through January 5, 2026. We rated the case review component of the overall health care quality inadequate 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 from June 2025 through December 7, 2025. 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 examines and analyzes trends in the healthcare provided across all California prisons during OIG’s seventh cycle of medical inspections, which took place between November 2022 and August 2025, with publication of the cycle’s final report in April 2026. The report also compares the inspection results of the same institutions across the three prior cycles – Cycles 4, 5, and 6.

This Special Review examines CDCR’s implementation of regulations governing placement of incarcerated people in restricted housing units within its prisons. We reviewed both historical California regulations on segregated housing confinement and regulations that became effective on November 1, 2023, that were intended to reform segregated housing confinement and implement restricted housing units. We assessed the department’s compliance with regulations and policies governing the placement and retention of incarcerated people in restricted housing, the living conditions within those units, and the effects of regulations and policies concerning violence against staff and the incarcerated population.