The Use of Deadly Force Against Parolee Delvin Wright by the California Department of Corrections

Last year, a parole agent for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the department) chased and fired one gunshot at a dangerous parolee, Delvin Wright, during an arrest operation. The shot missed, no one was hurt, and the parolee was arrested. However, the operational tactics used by the parole agent before and during the shooting unnecessarily endangered the agent and several uniformed police officers, who were potentially in the line of fire, as shown in the attached graphic. Within 24 hours, the department cleared the parole agent of any wrongdoing based solely on the agent's account of the shooting, while ignoring numerous and conflicting outside police reports calling into question the agent's operational tactics...

Informational: Reentry Facilities Program Study and Acquisition

We recommend the following conference compromise:

• Approve funding of $3 million for the reentry facilities program study and acquisition activities (Assembly plus $3 million).
• Approve budget bill language (BBL) proposed by the administration allowing the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) with the approval of the Department of Finance to use funds for site investigations and real estate due diligence activities preliminary to the site selection and acquisition of interests in real property. The CDCR is also authorized, with the approval of the State Public Works Board, to enter into agreements for the acquisition of an option to purchase real property...

Spring 2008: Adult Population Projections 2008-2013

This document contains the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's (CDCR) projections of the adult institution, parole, and outpatient populations for fiscal years (FY) 2007/08 through 2012/13. The projections are based upon the most current actual data for the adult populations from the previous years. The projections take into account the effects of existing laws and regulations on the state prison system...

Prison Reforms: Achieving Results

In the past year since lawmakers agreed on a comprehensive corrections overhaul and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 900, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has made great progress. As this document illustrates, there is a significant amount of oversight and direction that has been provided to this agency. My staff is fully committed to being responsive and accountable in meeting the benchmarks and expectations that have been laid out. CDCR has kept pace with AB 900 and has completed or is on track to complete each of the 13 progress benchmarks mandated by the bill..

Accountability Audit: Review of 2000-06 CDCR Audits

This comprehensive accountability audit presents the results of the Office of the Inspector General's annual follow-up review of previous recommendations issued to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). In this accountability audit, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) assesses the department's progress in implementing past recommendations from 37 audits and special reviews affecting the CDCR's Adult Operations and Programs, Division of Juvenile Justice, and Board of Parole Hearings. Overall, we found that the CDCR has improved its record for implementing our recommendations, but our audit also revealed that some critical recommendations remain unaddressed.

Gilb’s February 15 letter

Dear Mr. Jimenez:

I am in receipt of your letter dated February 7, 2008, in which you continue to mischaracterize and distort the status of Labor Management Relations with Bargaining Unit 6. I will address each of your false assertions below.

First, however, I must address the last paragraph of your letter, which threatens unlawful conduct by your organization and your members. As the CCPOA President, you state, "I will immediately consult the CCPOA Executive Council to call for a vote on a job action. which may include a strike." (Emphasis original). Your threat demands a response because, as you concede, engaging in such a job action "places California in a perilous position." As sworn peace officers it is incumbent upon correctional officers not to use public safety...

California Prison Health Care Receivership 04/06-06/07

In April 2006, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California gave the California Prison Health Care Receivership Corporation broad powers over the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's delivery of medical care to prisoners after the court found the department's medical care efforts were "horrifying" and "shocking." The court also found that continued medical malpractice and neglect existed within California prisons. As a result, the court suspended the department secretary's authority over California's prison medical system during the receivership and granted this power to the receiver. The court also ordered the department to pay all costs the receivership incurs in implementing policies, plans, and decisions to carry out its responsibilities...

MOU Letter “Reviewing and Analyzing”

Dear Messrs. Gilb, Tilton, Lear, and Monday:

On December 27, 2007, I sent you a letter requesting information pursuant to the Ralph C. Dills Act. THe information requested related to the actions taken by the State to implement the last, best and final offer......

MOU Letter “Pursuant to the Ralph C. Dills Act”

Dear Messrs Gilb, Tilton, Lear and Monday:

As you are well aware, on September 18, 2007, the Department of Personal Administration (DPA) notified the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) that the pursuant to the Ralph C. Dills Act section 3517.8, the State was "exercising its right to implement all three years of its last, best and final offer (LBFO).....

Complaint to the Administrator of Apprenticeship

California Correctional Peace Officers Association files this complain with the administrator of apprenticeship against David Rowen in his official capacity as Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, the Division of Apprenticeship Standard ("DAS") and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ("CDCR") Regarding the CDCR Apprenticeship Program ("the Apprenticeship Program"). This complaint is being filed pursuant to Labor Code Section 3081 and the regulations set forth in 8 CCR sections 201-203

Special Review: CDCR Release of Inmate Scott Thomas

A series of mistakes, oversights, and failures to follow California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation policy resulted in California State Prison, San Quentin staff [confidential text removed]* improperly releasing inmate Scott Thomas on parole on May 18, 2007. The day after San Quentin staff released Thomas on parole, he allegedly entered a San Francisco bakery and stabbed a 15-year-old girl and a man who came to her aid. The Office of the Inspector General cannot determine if Thomas would have ultimately committed a similar act upon his release even if San Quentin staff had acted appropriately in all instances during Thomas's period of incarceration and release. However, [confidential text removed] and closer parole supervision may have had an impact on Thomas's actions--including his alleged decision to assault two people with a knife--after he paroled.

Accountability Audit: Review of 2000-2005 CDCR Audits

This report presents the Office of the Inspector General's annual effort to perform a comprehensive follow-up review on previous recommendations issued to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. In this effort, the Office of the Inspector General assesses the department's progress in implementing past recommendations affecting the Division of Juvenile Justice (formerly the California Youth Authority) and the Board of Parole Hearings (formerly the Board of Prison Terms). The Office of the Inspector General analyzed the department's efforts to take corrective action on 182 recommendations included in two 2005 Accountability Audits--comprising 12 audits the Inspector General originally issued from 2000 to 2003--as well three audits completed in 2005. Together, the 15 audits included 349 original recommendations--330 directed to the Division of Juvenile Justice and the other 19 directed to the Board of Parole Hearings.

Supervisors Attending Mediation Sessions

Dear Mr. Adam and Mr. Weiss:

At the initial mediation session on Thursday, June 21, 2007, during the mediators' instructions, the State representatives became aware that Robert Dean, a Correctional Lieutenant with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, was present at the mediation. Although the State cited its concerns to the mediators and requested that Mr. Dean not participate in the Unit 6 mediation process on behalf of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) because he is a supervisor, the State understands the union insisted that Mr. Dean be allowed to attend the mediation.  

Arbitration Proceedings DPA Case No. 06-06-0091

This arbitration arises between the California Correctional Peace officers Association (hereinafter CCPOA or the Union) and the State of California, Department of Corrections And Rehabilitation (hereinafter the State or Department or CDCR), pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement for State Bargaining Unit 6, under which Bonnie G. Bogue was selected as Arbitrator and under....

Arbitration Proceedings DPA Case No. 05-06-0422

This Arbitration arises pursuant to Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") between the CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONAL PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, hereinafter referred to as "CCPOA and/or "Union," and the STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATIONS, hereinafter referred to as the "State" and/or "Department," under which ALEXANDER COHN was selected to serve as sole, impartial Arbitrator and whose decision shall be final and binding upon the parties.

 Hearing was held on April 14, 2007, in Susanville, California. The parties...  

Letter from Legislators, May 29 2007

The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger

Governor, State of California

State Capitol, First Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

Dear Governor Schwarzenegger:

We are wriling to express some reservations with the direction of the contract negotiations between the Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) and the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) and encourage you to closely monitor the progress of lhcse negotiations.

On May 10,2007 DPA wrote a letter to the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) requesting a federal mediator andlor a declaration of impasse as a means to end the pending contract negotiations with CCPOA. PERB responded on May 17, 2007 by declaring an initial impasse and directing the parties to continue discussions...

MOU LETTER “Information Request”

Re: Information Request

In July 2008, almost one year ago, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) promised that they would provide us the rationale behind each of the state's proposals and what factors prompted the state to seek these particular changes to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).....

Special Review: High-Risk Issues at Heman G. Stark, YCF

This report presents the results of a special review conducted by the Office of the Inspector General at the Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility. Because past reviews conducted by the Office of the Inspector General at the facility identified instances of unsafe or unsatisfactory living conditions for wards assigned to restricted programs, the special review examined the living conditions for wards assigned to those programs. The Office of the Inspector General expanded its review based on issues it identified as it conducted fieldwork. The review was conducted pursuant to the Office of the Inspector General's responsibility under California Penal Code section 6126 for oversight of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and its subordinate entities, including the Division of Juvenile Justice.

Special Review: Management of Union Leave Time by CDCR

This report presents the results of a special review conducted by the Office of the Inspector General of the management of union leave time by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The review was conducted under the authority of California Penal Code section 6126, which assigns the Office of the Inspector General responsibility for oversight of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. California Government Code sections 3512 through 3524 (the Ralph C. Dills Act) require state agencies to allow a reasonable number of representatives of employee unions a reasonable amount of time off without loss of compensation to meet and confer with state representatives on matters within the scope of union representation. The amount and type of union leave time is subject to negotiation between the state and its 21 recognized bargaining units.

Accountability Audit: Review of 2000-2004 CDCR, Adult Division Audits

This report presents an assessment of the progress made by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in implementing past recommendations affecting the department's adult operations and programs. The recommendations resulted from 22 audits and reviews conducted by the Office of the Inspector General between 2000 and 2004. The report represents the third and final component of a comprehensive follow-up review - an accountability audit - of 33 previous reviews and audits of entities comprising the former Youth and Adult Correctional Agency (now the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation). In addition to the 22 audits and reviews conducted by the Office of the Inspector General between May 2000 and September 2004 represented here, the original audits in the accountability audit included nine audits and reviews of the former California Youth Authority (now the Division of Juvenile Justice) and two reviews of the Board of Prison Terms (now the Board of Parole Hearings). The two previous follow-up reviews in the accountability audit were released in January and July 2005, respectively.