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 January 1, 2024, through June 30, 2024. Of the 197 cases we monitored and closed in this time period, we rated 31 cases sufficient, 101 sufficient with recommendations, and 65 cases insufficient.
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.
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.
This report summarizes the work we performed in 2023 reviewing 730 use-of-force incidents that occurred at California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (department) facilities. In this report, we present 14 monitored incidents in which we identified significant concerns stemming from issues that occurred prior to, during, and after the use-of-force incidents. We issued five recommendations to address concerns we identified while assessing the incidents and the various phases of the use-of-force review process.
This report contains our assessment of the medical care provided to incarcerated people at California Medical Facility between October 2022 and March 2023. 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 examines the inquiries completed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Allegation Inquiry Management Section (AIMS) from January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021. According to the department’s data, during 2021, AIMS received 3,434 staff complaint inquiries referred by wardens and completed 1,445 inquiries. OIG inspectors monitored 28 inquiry cases. We assessed the overall inquiry processes performed by the department as poor in 17 cases, or 60 percent. For the remaining 11 cases, or 39 percent, we determined the department performed satisfactory work in completing the cases.
The Office of the Inspector General safeguards the integrity of the State’s correctional system by providing oversight and transparency regarding the policies and practices of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. We carry out this mission through diligent monitoring, honest assessment, and dedication to improving the correctional system of our State.
We promise to do our best to assist in safeguarding the integrity of the State’s correctional system. If you have witnessed or know of any misconduct within the operations of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, please report the information to us, below.
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