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This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at California Men’s Colony between October 2023 and March 2024. 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), pursuant to 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 1,000 monthly claims. Below are 18 complaints the Intake Processing Unit reviewed and closed between March 2025 and May 2025. These cases highlight the OIG’s impact and efforts to resolve each complainant’s concerns.

During May 2025, the OIG’s Centralized Screening Monitoring Team randomly selected 1,421 grievances for monitoring. This document presents six notable cases monitored and closed by the OIG during May 2025.

This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at High Desert State Prison between September 2023 and February 2024. We rated the case review component of the overall health care quality adequate and the compliance component of the overall health care quality adequate.

During April 2025, the OIG’s Centralized Screening Monitoring Team randomly selected 1,293 grievances for monitoring. This document presents eleven notable cases monitored and closed by the OIG during April 2025.

This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at California Institution for Women between October 2023 and March 2024. 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 Folsom State Prison between August 2023 and January 2024. We rated the case review component of the overall health care quality adequate 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 Centinela State Prison between July and December 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.

This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at Correctional Training Facility between June and November 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.

This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at Kern Valley State Prison between April and September 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.