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This report summarizes the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s performance in conducting internal investigations into allegations of staff misconduct and handling the employee disciplinary process in cases that we monitored and closed from January 1, 2026, through June 30, 2026. Of the 228 administrative disciplinary and criminal cases we monitored and closed, we rated the department’s overall performance adequate in 124 cases, improvement needed in 48 cases, and inadequate in 56 cases. Of the 300 staff misconduct complaint cases we monitored and closed, we rated the department’s overall performance adequate in 27 cases, improvement needed in 15 cases, and inadequate in 258 cases.

This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at California State Prison, Solano between November 2025 and May 18, 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.

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 the OIG receives through U.S. postal mail, phone calls (toll-free hotline), and inquiries through our website, which can exceed 1,100 monthly claims. Below are 17 complaints the Intake Processing Unit reviewed from June 2026 through August 2026. These cases highlight the OIG’s impact and efforts to resolve the complainant’s concerns.

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.

From April 1, 2026, through June 30, 2026, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) completed its review of 21 closed California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) grievance cases involving allegations of staff misconduct that were resolved through the department’s routine review process. The OIG rated the department’s overall performance adequate in nine cases, or 43 percent. The OIG rated the department’s overall performance improvement needed in seven cases, or 33 percent. The OIG rated the department’s overall performance inadequate in five cases, or 24 percent.

In the second quarter of 2026, the OIG’s Centralized Screening Monitoring Team monitored and closed 3,371 grievances. Of those grievances, the Centralized Screening Team and the OIG agreed that 2,672 of those grievances did not contain any allegations of staff misconduct. The OIG determined the remaining 699 grievances contained allegations of staff misconduct. We assessed the processing of those grievances containing allegations of staff misconduct.

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.