OIG Annual Report

Robert A. Barton Office of the Inspector General Inspector General 2013 ANNUAL REPORT January 2014 Office of the Inspector General 2013 ANNUAL REPORT Robert A. Barton Inspector General Roy W. Wesley Chief Deputy Inspector General James C. Spurling Chief Counsel Renée L. Hansen Executive Director, California Rehabilitation Oversight Board Shaun R. Spillane Public Information Officer 10111 Old Placerville Road, Suite 110 Sacramento, CA 95827 Telephone: 916-255-1102 Facsimile: 916-255-1403 January 2014 Table of Contents FOREWORD 1 OIG OUTREACH 3 National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement 4 Patriotic Employer Award 4 ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW 5 FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 6 Statewide General Intake 6 CDCR Oversight Activities 7 Monitoring Activities 9 Medical Inspections 10 Warden/Superintendent Vetting 11 Blueprint Monitoring 11 California Rehabilitation Oversight Board 12 Special Reviews 13 CDCR CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN UPDATE 14 Status of Recommendations Made to CDCR During 2013 14 Status of Recommendations Made to CDCR During 2012 14 APPENDIX: REPORTS RELEASED IN 2013 15 FOREWORD I am pleased to present the Office of the Inspector General’s 2013 Annual Report. After two full years of evolving changes in the scope and mission of the office, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is confidently on course to achieve its mission while continuing to safeguard the interests of the taxpayers. It is my goal to continuously evaluate and adapt the functions of the office to achieve its statutory mandates. Through various monitoring functions, the OIG continues to be value added to the State and provide transparency to the functioning of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR or the department). In 2013, the OIG headquarters and administrative staff merged physical locations with the northern operations unit staff. The move resulted in a more efficient and cost-effective agency. In 2013 the OIG also began the monitoring of CDCR’s adherence to its Future of California Corrections Blueprint (the Blueprint). This monitoring is essential to ensure the department moves forward with its Blueprint goals in a timely and transparent fashion and achieves the fiscal and rehabilitative goals promised to the State. The Discipline Monitoring Unit, comprising attorneys and inspectors, continues to monitor and report on use of force, critical incidents, contraband surveillance watch, internal affairs investigations, and the employee discipline process within CDCR. It is important that staff of the OIG maintain a daily presence within the State’s prisons and juvenile facilities, providing real-time monitoring and recommendations to improve correctional operations while protecting the interests of the taxpayers. The OIG also consults with the department on proposed changes to its programs and facilities. The new California Health Care Facility, Stockton, where I attended the ribbon cutting ceremony on July 25, 2013, is an example of the continual expansion and improvement of correctional care occurring in the department. Office of the Inspector General staff visited the facility on multiple occasions and monitored the activation process. I remain committed to personally visiting and interacting with staff and inmates at every institution in the State on an annual basis, and have successfully reached that Inspector General Robert Barton and Larry Fong, Chief target in 2013. Executive Officer, at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the California Health Care Facility, Stockton 2013 Annual Report Page 1 Office of the Inspector General State of California In 2013, the OIG completed ten warden/superintendent evaluations and made recommendations to the Governor on each of them within 60 days of initiation. The OIG’s Medical Inspection Unit completed 11 medical inspections and published 13 medical inspection reports. The OIG continues to staff and chair the quarterly California Rehabilitation Oversight Board meetings and report on the state of rehabilitative programs in the department as well as provide a public forum for discussion of those efforts. The Office of the Inspector General’s statewide intake function continues to respond to the concerns of persons both inside and outside the department. The OIG expanded its intake function to utilize its regional staff and their working relationships with the institutions to follow up on and resolve complaints. In a continuous effort to abide by California’s initiatives to reduce the State Government’s environmental impact, the OIG is transitioning to a paperless office. The OIG Intake Unit was the first unit to convert all of its paper case files into an electronic paperless case management system. This new system saves money and staff hours, thus increasing the OIG’s effectiveness in processing complaints. The OIG is committed to reducing waste, decreasing costs, and improving efficiency by converting as many processes as possible to a paperless system. The OIG strives to be responsive to the concerns of the Legislature and the public, and in addition to its mandated oversight duties, the office was requested to review CDCR’s use of security housing units for its female inmate population. The OIG’s review made recommendations to the department related to security housing unit terms, and the OIG made eight additional recommendations to CDCR this year in its other reviews and monitoring activities. We at the Office of the Inspector General look forward to additional opportunities to serve our great State and the taxpayers that rely on our agency to provide transparency to the correctional system. Robert A. Barton Inspector General 2013 Annual Report Page 2 Office of the Inspector General State of California OIG OUTREACH Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors’ Offender Mentor Certification Program at California State Prison, Solano. In October, The OIG provides public transparency for the OIG staff attended the high school graduation State’s correctional system. One of the ways ceremony at the O.H. Close Youth to have an impact and become aware of issues Correctional Facility in Stockton. within corrections is to have a personal presence within the institutions. In addition to The Inspector General also attended parole OIG staff monitoring and providing on-scene consideration hearings held by the Board of response to incidents, the Inspector General Parole Hearings and participated in legislative visits every adult institution and youth hearings regarding CDCR. Additionally, the correctional facility at least once annually. In Inspector General continues to meet with 2013, the Inspector General conducted 46 CDCR executive staff, members of the institution visits in person. In addition, the Legislature and their staff, and staff from the Chief Deputy Inspector General visited all Office of the Governor to address ongoing four out-of-state correctional facilities that issues and concerns. house California inmates—Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Mississippi, The OIG held an annual All-Staff Meeting to North Fork Correctional Facility in allow for cross-training and cooperation Oklahoma, and La Palma Correctional Center across agency, hierarchical, and functional and Florence Correctional Center in Arizona. boundaries to better foster a team The visits include inspection of the physical environment. During the meeting, OIG staff grounds, inspection of the medical facilities, heard from the Health Care Receiver and review of the educational programs, and critical stakeholders within CDCR. Staff also impromptu interviews with inmates and staff. received training from a nationally renowned The OIG also has staff visiting each prison to speaker and author on police ethics and the assess the rehabilitation and education importance of peer interventions. operations on an annual basis as part of its review for the California Rehabilitation Office of the Inspector General staff attended Oversight Board. the California State Association of Counties’ Innovation Summit addressing corrections In addition to conducting institution visits, the and health care in November 2013. The Inspector General maintains a presence by Innovation Summit was chaired by former attending noteworthy events throughout the CDCR Secretary Matthew L. Cate and state. During 2013, Inspector General Barton addressed the Public Safety Realignment, its attended the Enhanced Outpatient Program impact on counties and the offender Dedication Ceremony at the California population, and making long-term impacts to Medical Facility. The Inspector General also recidivism. attended the California Prison Industry Authority and the CDCR Office of Staff of the OIG also attend briefings on Correctional Safety Emergency Operations public safety realignment, parole populations, Training Center Grand Opening and Ribbon crime trends, and prison capacity challenges Cutting Ceremony in May. In June, the held at the Public Policy Institute in Inspector General spoke at the graduation Sacramento. ceremony for the California Association of 2013 Annual Report Page 3 Office of the Inspector General State of California National Association for Civilian General met with the U.S. Inspector General, Michael Horowitz, and discussed future Oversight of Law Enforcement communications regarding the treatment of In April 2013, the Inspector General attended federal prisoners and shared issues with a conference in Los Angeles and worked with California’s prison system, such as the National Association for Civilian overcrowding, mental health care, solitary Oversight of Law Enforcement on a confinement, and rehabilitation. partnership between the U.S. and Russia to study civilian oversight. The representatives Patriotic Employer Award of two Russian nongovernmental organizations and the U.S. participants In 2013, the Inspector General was awarded discussed different models of oversight the Employer Support of the Guard and structure and the strengths and weaknesses of Reserve Patriotic Employer Award. The different approaches. In addition, the Inspector General was recognized for Inspector General attended the 19th Annual demonstrating his appreciation and value for National Association for Civilian Oversight of the military service of OIG staff who serve Law Enforcement Conference, where he gave their country in more than one way—as civil a presentation entitled Basic Skills of Effective servants and military reservists. In 2013, three Oversight Reporting, in which he examined OIG staff served as reservists in the military: elements such as the purpose of reporting, the Ian Marty, Suzann Gostovich, and Tim method behind producing quality reports, and Rieger. The Inspector General was honored to the expected outcomes of oversight reports. receive this award acknowledging support of The conference was attended by law OIG employees who are active members of enforcement and oversight professionals from the Guard and Reserve as well as the across the nation as well as several numerous veterans and staff with immediate international representatives. The Inspector family who serve or have served in the military. Patriotic Employer Award for support of the Guard and Reserves, received by Inspector General Robert Barton and Deputy Inspector General Matt Young (Major, U.S. Army Ret.) 2013 Annual Report Page 4 Office of the Inspector General State of California ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW In 2013, the headquarters and administrative staff of the OIG merged physical locations with the northern operations unit staff in order to increase efficiency and cost-effectiveness. All three OIG offices are now co-located with CDCR’s three Offices of Internal Affairs. As a result of moves and consolidation from five offices to three, the OIG reduced its office space by 10,905 square feet, resulting in a savings of over $277,000 annually.  California Penal Code Sections 2641  In addition to executive and and 6125 et seq. provide the statutory administrative operations in authority for the OIG’s establishment Sacramento (Rancho Cordova), the and operations. OIG is regionally organized into three areas: North, Central, and South. The  The OIG comprises a skilled team of North Region is in Rancho Cordova, professionals, including attorneys with the Central Region is in Bakersfield, expertise in internal affairs and the South Region is in Rancho investigations, criminal law, and Cucamonga. employment law and inspectors experienced in correctional policy, operations, and investigations. 2013 OIG Organizational Chart Inspector General C-ROB, Media, Chief Chief Deputy Administration Legislative Liaison Counsel Inspector General Intake and Medical Discipline Publications Vetting Unit Inspection Unit Monitoring Unit Human Information Business North Central South Special Resources Technology Services Region Region Region Assignments Team 2013 Annual Report Page 5 Office of the Inspector General State of California FUNCTIONS OF THE Unit staff screen all complaints within 24 hours of receipt to identify potential safety OFFICE OF THE concerns. Staff directly contact institutional personnel in order to remedy issues that may INSPECTOR GENERAL be addressed informally, such as failure to accept an appeal, failure to schedule a California Penal Code Section 6125 classification hearing, or failure to schedule establishes the Office of the Inspector medical appointments. In addition, during General as an independent agency and 2013, Intake Unit staff contacted institutions provides for the Inspector General to be 24 times based on letters indicating appointed to a six-year term by the potentially unsafe conditions, such as enemy Governor, subject to Senate confirmation. concerns, or, more commonly, an inmate Robert A. Barton was appointed on August displaying bizarre or threatening behavior. 29, 2011, and his term will expire in 2017. Intake Unit staff require CDCR to provide a status of the situation to ensure the In 2011, the Legislature focused the OIG’s department rectifies any safety concerns and duties and the office was restructured. This provides appropriate intervention to mental section sets forth the current statutory duties health inmates. and functions of the OIG and its work in 2013. The Intake Unit focuses OIG staff resources on the most serious complaints by using a Statewide General Intake matrix of common prison issues that receive priority attention. Lack of access to grievance processes or to health care, serious due process violations, unnecessary extended stays in segregation units, sexual abuse, serious staff misconduct, and inappropriate uses of force are included in the matrix. However, if a trend of lesser policy violations is identified, the Intake Unit makes efforts to remedy any potentially systemic problem. In most instances, the Intake Unit encourages complainants to utilize CDCR’s grievance processes to resolve their issues before contacting the OIG Intake Unit Staff OIG; therefore, lack of access to the grievance process or unjustified rejection of The OIG maintains a statewide intake appeals by CDCR staff often receive the process to receive communications from any most attention from Intake Unit staff. individual regarding allegations of improper activity within CDCR. While the OIG intake In 2013, the Intake Unit staff gained access process is not detailed in any of the OIG’s to CDCR’s Electronic Records Management regular reports, it is an important function of System. This access has improved the timely the agency. acquisition of pertinent documents for review, which enhances the Intake Unit’s The OIG Intake Unit logs, reviews, ability to analyze situations and determine if analyzes, and responds to every a policy violation or misconduct may have non-duplicative complaint it receives. Intake occurred. 2013 Annual Report Page 6 Office of the Inspector General State of California When Intake Unit staff find potential from the institutions for 626 complaints. misconduct or policy violations after Intake staff referred 82 complaints to the reviewing complaints and corresponding OIG’s regional operations teams to bring the CDCR documents, the cases are presented at matters to the attention of the institution and a twice monthly meeting with the Inspector monitor departmental response at the local General for consideration of referral to OIG level. Intake staff referred 166 complaints to regional field staff. In the field, OIG staff OIG nursing staff, who conducted additional work directly with corrections analysis of medical, dental, and mental administrators to remedy identified issues, health complaints related to the quality of or which may result in simple, informal fixes, lack of access to health care for inmates. such as the training of staff, or the initiation Where the OIG determined potential of inquiries, investigations, or use-of-force violations of medical policies or procedures reviews to determine whether potential occurred, the OIG referred the complaints to misconduct may have occurred. When CDCR’s Division of Correctional Health CDCR initiates an investigation, OIG Care Services for remedy. regional staff monitor it in accordance with the OIG’s normal discipline monitoring activities and report their findings in the CDCR Oversight Activities Semi-Annual Report. As a result of the OIG’s move to Rancho In 2013, the OIG’s Intake Unit received Cordova, the OIG distributed more than 2,766 general complaints filed by inmates, 2,000 inmate and 750 staff posters families, CDCR employees, and advocacy redesigned to reflect its new address and groups. In addition, the Office of the provide more clarification on the OIG’s role Governor assigned the OIG to review and and how to submit a complaint to the OIG. respond to 60 complaints in 2013. Similar to The posters also encourage inmates to prior years, most complaints concerned submit copies of official documentation allegations of staff misconduct, access to the relating to their claims. The Inspector inmate appeal process, and the quality of or General and OIG staff visiting the lack of access to medical care. Based on the institutions verify the posters are visible. OIG screening criteria, Intake Unit staff Beginning July 8, 2013, inmates in CDCR’s conducted additional research into matters security housing units staged a hunger strike and requested clarifying documentation to protest, among other issues, California’s use of solitary confinement. As part of the OIG’s monitoring duties, the agency dispatched inspectors and attorneys to the involved institutions to ensure CDCR staff were following policies and procedures, and to monitor conditions of confinement, medical and mental health checks, and the medical and dietary procedures for food consumption. The hunger strike ended on September 5, 2013. With the end of the hunger strike, the Chairpersons of both the Assembly and Senate Committees on Public Safety convened a joint public hearing on Regional Operations Team issues related to segregated housing in California’s prisons. The hearing was held 2013 Annual Report Page 7 Office of the Inspector General State of California on October 9, 2013, and the Inspector Sexual Abuse in Detention Elimination General gave testimony on the current Act Ombudsperson Claims policies and procedures as well as conditions within CDCR’s security housing units. California Penal Code Section 2641 directs Subsequent to the hearing, the Senate Rules the OIG to act as the ombudsperson for Committee requested the OIG further complaints related to sexual abuse in examine the conditions specifically related detention. The OIG is tasked with reviewing to female inmates serving security housing allegations of mishandling sexual abuse unit terms (see Special Review: Female investigations within correctional Inmates Serving Security Housing Unit institutions, maintaining the confidentiality Terms in CDCR). of sexual abuse victims, and ensuring impartial resolution of inmate and ward Retaliation Claims sexual abuse complaints. The OIG monitors CDCR’s handling of all sexual abuse California Penal Code Sections 6128 and allegations and all subsequent investigations 6129 require the OIG to receive and review of staff involvement. CDCR notified the complaints of retaliation levied against OIG of 73 sexual abuse allegations during members of CDCR management by CDCR 2013, including 52 with an inmate as the employees. The OIG’s Legal Unit analyzes alleged perpetrator and 21 with a staff the allegations of each complaint to member as the alleged perpetrator. In recent determine whether the complaint states a months, the OIG has observed an increasing prima facie case of retaliation. If the trend in inmate complaints alleging sexual complaint meets this initial legal threshold, harassment by prison staff. However, the the OIG initiates an investigation into the Intake Unit discovered that some institutions allegations and determines whether have not been reporting allegations of sexual retaliation has occurred. If the OIG harassment per the Prison Rape Elimination determines a CDCR employee has been Act, and in accordance with CDCR policy. subjected to unlawful retaliation, the OIG’s Therefore, the OIG has recently begun Intake Unit provides a report of its findings referring sexual harassment allegations to to CDCR along with a recommendation of OIG regional staff, who meet with wardens the appropriate corrective action to be taken. to ensure institutions are properly investigating and reporting these types of In 2013, the OIG received seven complaints incidents to the OIG. Regional staff also of retaliation. Of these seven complaints, the request wardens provide additional training Legal Unit determined five did not state a to their staff concerning the notification prima facie case of retaliation. The Legal process for sexual harassment claims. The Unit is currently in the process of OIG will address this issue, including the completing its review of the two remaining lack of notification by institutions to the complaints received in 2013 to determine OIG, in the Semi-Annual Report. whether either states a prima facie case. The OIG also completed an investigation it The OIG received and reviewed 60 began in response to a retaliation complaint complaints relating to inadequate received in late 2012. investigations of sexual abuse in detention and sexual harassment by staff. The Intake Unit referred six of those allegations to OIG regional staff for remedy. 2013 Annual Report Page 8 Office of the Inspector General State of California Monitoring Activities Critical Incident Monitoring California Penal Code Section 6133(b)(1) The OIG maintains regional on-call mandates the OIG publish a Semi-Annual inspectors general who can respond on site Report of its oversight of CDCR internal 24 hours per day to critical incidents affairs investigations, employee discipline, reported to the OIG from any of the State’s and use of force. correctional institutions. During the July through December 2012 and January The OIG’s Discipline Monitoring Unit through June 2013 time periods, the OIG provides contemporaneous oversight of monitored 133 critical incidents. The OIG CDCR’s internal affairs investigations and monitors the incident and any subsequent employee discipline process. The OIG also investigation with special emphasis on monitors use-of-force reviews conducted by determining what led up to the incident, CDCR and CDCR’s response to critical whether it was handled appropriately, and incidents within the institutions. The OIG what, if any, action should be taken maintains a notification process with CDCR afterward. If the OIG suspects neglect or for critical incidents within the department, misconduct, the staff will recommend and including, but not limited to, use of deadly subsequently monitor a secondary force, deaths in custody, homicides, investigation. The OIG may recommend suicides, large-scale riots, escapes, and other policy changes to prevent future occurrences serious or newsworthy incidents. In 2013, and conform to best practices. In some the Discipline Monitoring Unit monitored instances, the OIG has identified systemic and reported on 932 incidents in the OIG’s issues that should be addressed statewide. Semi-Annual Reports. For example, the OIG recommended the Internal Affairs and Employee Discipline Office of Internal Affairs expand its use of Monitoring Deadly Force Investigation Teams beyond uses of force involving firearms. As a result, The OIG’s monitoring of CDCR’s internal the Office of Internal Affairs Deadly Force affairs and employee discipline cases Investigation Teams will now respond to includes the allegation intake process, the use-of-force incidents involving strikes to investigative phase by CDCR’s Office of the head with batons and impact munitions. Internal Affairs, the decision-making It has always been the OIG’s practice to process by the hiring authorities, and the monitor such incidents. handling of the matter by the CDCR Employee Advocate Prosecution Team Contraband Surveillance Watch attorneys (referred to as vertical advocates). Monitoring includes all case activity, up to The OIG began its formal monitoring of the and including State Personnel Board department’s contraband surveillance watch proceedings, if necessary. The Semi-Annual process July 1, 2012, to ensure the process is Reports document the department’s conducted within departmental policy and adherence to its operating rules and not used for punitive purposes. procedures regarding employee discipline. Department staff notify the OIG any time an inmate is placed on contraband surveillance watch. The OIG reviews all relevant data regarding the use of contraband surveillance watch. Additionally, whenever the department keeps an inmate on contraband 2013 Annual Report Page 9 Office of the Inspector General State of California surveillance watch longer than 72 hours, the consult with the stakeholders and the federal OIG goes on scene to inspect the condition court. The result is an updated medical of the inmate and ensure the department is inspection tool that will now not only following its policies. This on-scene process address compliance with policy, but also continues every 72 hours until the examine quality of care. One result of this department removes the inmate from change is that the OIG no longer “borrows” contraband surveillance watch. The OIG doctors from CDCR to conduct the immediately discusses serious breaches of inspections, but instead employs its own policy with institution managers. doctors and nurses for the inspection process. Cycle 4 medical inspections began Use-of-Force Monitoring in December 2013 with pilot inspections to finalize the new inspection tool. Formal In 2013, CDCR reported 8,930 use-of-force inspections will begin in 2014 and will incidents in the adult system. The OIG likely be completed within 18 months. reviewed 3,192 incidents involving force while attending 564 use-of-force review Comparative Summary and Analysis of meetings. The OIG also performed an the First Three Medical Inspection Cycles additional 49 use-of-force reviews outside of of California’s 33 Adult Institutions the review meetings. The OIG also participated as a non-voting member of CDCR’s Deadly Force Review Board. The OIG’s monitoring activities are detailed in its Semi-Annual Reports, available on the OIG’s website at: www.oig.ca.gov/pages/reports.php Medical Inspections OIG’s Medical Inspection Team The OIG conducts an objective, clinically On July 15, 2013, the OIG published the appropriate, and metric-oriented medical Comparative Summary and Analysis of the inspection program to review delivery of First Three Medical Inspection Cycles of all medical care at each of the adult institutions 33 adult institutions. The report summarized in California. trends from the first, second, and third reporting cycles and highlighted areas with During 2013, the OIG’s Medical Inspection significant medical score increases or Unit conducted 11 medical inspections and decreases among the 33 institutions. Medical published 13 medical inspection reports and inspection scores were compared across five one comparative report of the first three general medical categories based on each medical inspection cycles of the 33 adult institution’s overall score from 20 distinct institutions. medical components. The inspection results In February 2012, the OIG began its Cycle 3 demonstrated that with one exception, each medical inspections, completing them in of the institutions improved its overall May 2013. After the completion of the medical care score from Cycle 2 to Cycle 3. Cycle 3 inspections and publication of the end-of-cycle Comparative Report, the OIG Medical inspection reports are available on placed the medical inspection program on the OIG’s website at: hiatus to update the inspection tool and www.oig.ca.gov/pages/reports.php 2013 Annual Report Page 10 Office of the Inspector General State of California Warden/Superintendent Vetting Blueprint Monitoring Penal Code Section 6126.6 requires that the OIG evaluate the qualifications of every candidate whom the Governor nominates for appointment as a State prison warden or a youth correctional facility superintendent, and report the recommendation in confidence to the Governor within 90 days of the request to evaluate the candidate. In 2012, the Legislature passed and the The OIG uses a three-phase vetting process Governor signed legislation mandating the with a completion goal of 60 days. In OIG periodically review delivery of the addition to conducting a background reforms identified in The Future of investigation of the candidate and surveying California Corrections: A Blueprint to Save designated stakeholders, the first phase Billions of Dollars, End Federal Court consists of a site visit conducted by a team Oversight and Improve the Prison System of inspectors, which provides the OIG with (the Blueprint). an overview of the institution’s operations. During the second phase, the Inspector The department showed good initial General personally consults with outside progress in implementing the goals of the stakeholders, conducts a management Blueprint in 2013. With regard to the review, and tours the facility while standardized staffing model, the department observing the candidate interact with is meeting the Blueprint goals at every inmates and staff. In the final phase, the institution. In addition, the department has Inspector General reviews all of the established and is adhering to the new information gathered during the vetting inmate classification score system, showing process and evaluates the candidate’s a trend toward overall reduction in suitability for the position of warden or higher-level inmate placements. Also, the superintendent after a one-on-one interview comprehensive housing plan outlined in the with the candidate. The Inspector General Blueprint is generally on schedule, and the then submits a confidential recommendation department is housing inmates at to the Governor. Blueprint-prescribed levels. The department still needs to show considerable progress in During 2013, the OIG completed ten warden the categories of rehabilitative programs and and superintendent evaluations. The OIG gang management, and the OIG is completed each of those evaluations in an committed to monitoring and making average of 57 days. Due to the high rate of recommendations to the department in its attrition within CDCR management, the pursuit of these goals. OIG anticipates a continual demand for warden vetting in 2014. Currently, there are The OIG published its first Blueprint at least ten institutions without permanent Monitoring report in April 2013 and its wardens. second report in October 2013. Blueprint monitoring reports ar e available on the OIG’s website at: www.oig.ca.gov/pages/reports.php 2013 Annual Report Page 11 Office of the Inspector General State of California California Rehabilitation Oversight The March 15, 2013, report outlined the many changes the department was making Board as a result of the Blueprint. C-ROB focused on the department’s plan to improve access to rehabilitative programs and to create sufficient capacity for approximately 70 percent of the department’s target population. Additionally, C-ROB underscored the importance of implementing proper assessment and case management programs, which are essential components of the California Logic Model. California Rehabilitation Oversight Board Meeting in Progress In the September 15, 2013, report, C-ROB The Public Safety and Offender focused on how the department administers Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007 (AB programs to female offenders and 900) established the 11-member California encouraged the department to continue Rehabilitation Oversight Board (C-ROB). improving gender-responsive treatment for Chaired by the Inspector General, California female offenders. In this report, C-ROB Rehabilitation Oversight Board meetings are recommended the department continue to conducted at least quarterly to examine work toward developing an Arts in CDCR’s various mental health, substance Corrections program to be administered abuse, education, and employment programs statewide. C-ROB would like to see the for inmates and parolees. department work collaboratively with the California Prison Industry Authority, which In 2013, C-ROB’s Executive Director, provides excellent opportunities for Renée Hansen, and her staff visited 27 offenders and has proven to be effective at institutions to observe rehabilitation reducing recidivism. Lastly, C-ROB programs and to ensure programs are being emphasized the importance of the delivered to CDCR’s target population. pre-release benefit application process to C-ROB staff review a variety of provide continuity of care for offenders rehabilitative programming, including released into the community. The members substance abuse treatment, academic of C-ROB look forward to further education programs, and career technical improvements to the department’s education programs. rehabilitative programming. C-ROB will review the status of its recommendations Pursuant to statute, C-ROB published two and report the findings in the biannual reports in 2013. These reports commended reports published in March and September. the department for its dedication and progress in implementing rehabilitative programming and made several California Rehabilitation Oversight Board reports are available on the OIG’s website at: recommendations for improvement. http://www.oig.ca.gov/pages/c-rob.php 2013 Annual Report Page 12 Office of the Inspector General State of California Special Reviews In 2011, the Legislature created a special review process codified in Penal Code Section 6126. Upon request of the Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, or the Senate Rules Committee, the OIG will conduct a review of CDCR policies, practices, or procedures set forth in the review request. Upon completion of the review, the OIG will report its findings and recommendations to the authorizing entity and publish a public report. Special Review: Female Inmates Serving Security Housing Unit Terms in CDCR On October 31, 2013, the Senate Rules Committee requested the OIG examine the conditions specifically related to female inmates serving security housing unit terms. During this review, the OIG conducted site inspections of the California Institution for Women and the Central California Women’s Facility, interviewing staff and inmates and reviewing applicable laws, policies, departmental rules and regulations, central files for 160 inmates, disciplinary rules violation reports, segregation logs, and other pertinent documents. In December 2013, the OIG published its report, which contained nine findings and recommendations, the most significant being the need for the department to develop housing options for female inmates who refuse to accept their assigned housing due to enemy or safety concerns. Special Reviews are available on the OIG’s website at: www.oig.ca.gov/pages/reports.php 2013 Annual Report Page 13 Office of the Inspector General State of California CDCR CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN UPDATE In 2013, the OIG completed one special review and published 22 formal reports containing 17 recommendations. The recommendations in these reports promote greater transparency, taxpayer savings, process improvements, increased accountability, and higher adherence to policies and constitutional standards. Status of Recommendations Made to CDCR During 2013 The OIG made eight recommendations to CDCR in the October 2013 Semi-Annual Report, and nine more recommendations in the December 2013 Special Review: Female Inmates Serving Security Housing Unit Terms in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The department has partially or substantially implemented three of the eight Semi-Annual Report recommendations; three more are under consideration but potentially barred due to inadequate funding. Regarding the final two Semi-Annual Report recommendations, the department contends its existing policies are within the guidelines established by statute or regulation, but they will be reviewed. In response to the recommendations made in the special review, the department has requested a 60-day Corrective Action Plan update, so the OIG expects to learn the status of these recommendations in early 2014. Status of Recommendations Made to CDCR During 2012 The OIG made eight recommendations to the department in 2012, of which six have been fully implemented and two remain partially implemented, both having to do with ongoing policy revisions and review. Annual Reports are available on the OIG’s website at: www.oig.ca.gov/pages/reports.php 2013 Annual Report Page 14 Office of the Inspector General State of California APPENDIX: REPORTS RELEASED IN 2013 Annual Report 2012 OIG Annual Report (January 31, 2013) Semi-Annual Reports OIG Semi-Annual Report July–December 2012 Volume I (April 2, 2013) OIG Semi-Annual Report July–December 2012 Volume II (April 2, 2013) OIG Semi-Annual Report January–June 2013 Volume I (October 15, 2013) OIG Semi-Annual Report January–June 2013 Volume II (October 15, 2013) California Rehabilitation Oversight Board (C-ROB) C-ROB March 15, 2013 Biannual Report (March 15, 2013) C-ROB September 15, 2013 Biannual Report (September 15, 2013) Blueprint Monitoring Reports Initial Report on CDCR’s Progress Implementing its Future of California Corrections Blueprint (April 2, 2013) Second Report on CDCR’s Progress Implementing its Future of California Corrections Blueprint (October 29, 2013) Special Review Reports Special Review: Female Inmates Serving Security Housing Unit Terms in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (December 31, 2013) Medical Inspection Comparative Report Comparative Summary and Analysis of the First Three Medical Inspection Cycles of California’s 33 Adult Institutions (July 15, 2013) Medical Inspection Reports, Cycle 3 Deuel Vocational Institution Medical Inspection Results Cycle 3 (January 9, 2013) Centinela State Prison Medical Inspection Results Cycle 3 (January 30, 2013) Calipatria State Prison Medical Inspection Results Cycle 3 (February 14, 2013) 2013 Annual Report Page 15 Office of the Inspector General State of California Folsom State Prison Medical Inspection Results Cycle 3 (March 6, 2013) Avenal State Prison Medical Inspection Results Cycle 3 (March 21, 2013) Wasco State Prison Medical Inspection Results Cycle 3 (March 28, 2013) Correctional Training Facility Medical Inspection Results Cycle 3 (March 28, 2013) Salinas Valley State Prison Medical Inspection Results Cycle 3 (March 28, 2013) Chuckawalla Valley State Prison Medical Inspection Results Cycle 3 (April 4, 2013) Mule Creek State Prison Medical Inspection Results Cycle 3 (April 18, 2013) Ironwood State Prison Medical Inspection Results Cycle 3 (April 18, 2013) California Institution for Men Medical Inspection Report Cycle 3 (May 17, 2013) California State Prison Solano Medical Inspection Results Cycle 3 (May 30, 2013) 2013 Annual Report Page 16 Office of the Inspector General State of California 2013 ANNUAL REPORT OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL Robert A. Barton INSPECTOR GENERAL Roy W. Wesley CHIEF DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL STATE OF CALIFORNIA January 2014