Audit
September 14, 2011
Lawmakers looking into private prison abuses
Allegations of poor treatment of prisoners in the private prison in Shelby Montana are to be investigated by Montana lawmakers. It has been alleged that prisoners were being held after being eligible for parole and that each prisoner is issued with two rolls of toilet paper per week, no more. Rudy Stock, a businessman from Helena added to the list of shortcomings. He has been visiting his son in the Crossroads Correctional Center run by Corrections Corporation of America(CCA) since February. If an audit of the facilities supports the allegations, the prison would not meet American Correctional Association standards.
Spokesperson for the Department of Corrections, Bob Anez, has said he is working on responses for the December meeting. The state pays CCa a per diem fee of $53.84 per person incarcerated.Ref. Montana Watchdog...
LINK - AllVoices.com
September 13, 2011
Montana lawmakers seek audit of CCA private prison
Three state lawmakers said they will request a legislative audit of a contract between the Department of Corrections [1] [1](DOC) and the company that operates the private prison in Shelby following allegations which included inmates being held beyond their parole and a claim prisoners are given two rolls of toilet paper a week and told by guards to use their hands if they run out.
The three, members of the Legislature’s Law and Justice Interim Committee [2], said they would request the audit after hearing the claims made Friday regarding the DOC and the Corrections Corporation of America [3](CCA) by Helena businessman Rudy Stock, who said he has visited his son at the Crossroads Correctional Center [4]nearly 80 times since Feb. 1...
LINK - Montana.Watchdog.org
September 7, 2011
Audit: Effectiveness of COMPAS
As requested by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, the California State Auditor presents this audit report concerning the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations’ (Corrections) use of the Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions (COMPAS), which is a software tool that helps to identify the characteristics that cause offenders to commit crimes so they can participate in rehabilitative programs and thereby lessen their likelihood of reoffending. Our report concludes that the benefits from Corrections’ use of COMPAS are, at best, uncertain.
Specifically, Corrections’ use of COMPAS in its reception centers—facilities where inmates entering the correctional system are evaluated and assigned to a prison—does not meaningfully affect its decision‑making concerning prison assignments, and by extension, the rehabilitative programs inmates might access at those facilities. Our discussions with staff from eight of Corrections’ 12 reception centers revealed that other non-COMPAS factors, such as an inmate’s security level and limited bed space at receiving prisons, play more prominent roles in determining where inmates can be housed...
September 7, 2011
State Auditor calls for end to prisoner rehabilitation test (COMPAS)
The state auditor is recommending that California’s corrections system shut down tests that determine what rehabilitation prisoners need, calling the tools unproven and little used.
Since 2006, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has developed and repeatedly revised the assessments, called Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions (COMPAS for short). It is composed of two tests. The first is given to incoming inmates, gauging levels of criminal thinking, violence, substance abuse and educational needs. The other assessment is for prisoners about to go on parole and is different from the first in that it measures housing and employment prospects on the outside.
In a report released yesterday, auditors found numerous shortcomings [PDF] in how prisons have used assessment score...
LINK - CaliforniaWatch.org
July 21, 2011
State Controller’s Office: CDCR Audit
July 20, 2011
Controller Audit: prisons had lousy bookkeeping
California's corrections department overpaid some employees for salaries and travel advances and was slow to collect those funds, according to an audit the state controller's office released Wednesday.
The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation gave one former employee a lump sum check for $14,950 to meet a deadline for leaving the state's employment, but the department did not deduct that from the employee's final paycheck, meaning that person received both a salary advance and a final paycheck.
Another employee received a salary advance of more than $8,000 in January 2008, plus a regular paycheck, the audit found. Three years later, the advance had not been collected...
LINK - MercuryNews.com
July 18, 2011
State Auditor: Sex Offender Commitment Program Needs to be Streamlined
Our review of the state's Sex Offender Commitment Program (program) between January 2005 and September 2010 revealed the following:
The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Corrections) sent more than 6,000 referrals each year from 2007 through 2010 to the Department of Mental Health (Mental Health) for evaluation as potential sexually violent predators (SVPs).
Many more offenders became potentially eligible for commitment to the program when California voters approved Jessica's Law (Proposition 83)—the law added more crimes to the list of sexually violent offenses and reduced the number of victims considered for this designation from two to one...
LINK - BSA.ca.gov
June 13, 2011
More on DJJ audit re: “temporary detention” or “temporary intervention plans”
Juvenile inmates at California correctional facilities have been held in isolation nearly 24 hours straight on hundreds of occasions this year, in violation of state regulations.
An audit by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in March found multiple facilities operated by the Division of Juvenile Justice kept youth prisoners deemed a threat in their cells for all but 40 minutes a day. Auditors found Ventura Youth Correctional Facility, about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles, to be the worst offender...
LINK - CaliforniaWatch.org
June 6, 2011
CDCR Audit: DJJ - Ventura wards faced 24-hour confinement, classes in closets
Inmates in California’s youth prison system were subjected to nearly round-the-clock confinement on hundreds of occasions and had to attend school in closets, showers and storerooms because of staff shortages and rampant violence among prisoners, according to a recent state audit.
While Division of Juvenile Justice guidelines state that young prisoners can be confined to their rooms no more than 21 hours a day, the audit found 249 instances between January and April this year in which DJJ had violated its own policy...
LINK - BayCitizen.org
May 4, 2011
Accountability Audit Review of CDCR (2010-2011)
This comprehensive accountability audit presents the results of the Office of the Inspector General’s annual follow-up of previous audit and special review recommendations issued to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and the California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS). In this accountability audit, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) assesses CDCR’s and CPHCS’ progress in implementing past recommendations from nine audits and special reviews affecting CDCR. We found that CDCR implemented 61 (or 82 percent) of the 74 recommendations we made that were still applicable and that were counted in our assessment. In addition, we separately made three recommendations to CPHCS in one of the nine reports and found that CPHCS implemented two (or 67 percent) of those recommendations...
May 4, 2011
More on CA prisons not following medical policies
California’s Office of Inspector General for prisons has found that the federal receiver in charge of improving medical care for inmates has a ways to go.
An audit of all 33 state prisons released Wednesday found that only 9 of those penitentiaries strictly follow medical policies and procedures to ensure inmates get adequate and timely care...
LINK - SCPR.org
September 15, 2010
Bureau of State Audits Reviewing Dept. of Mental Health, Sex Offender Program
2010-116 AUDIT SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES—Department of Mental Health, Sex Offender Commitment Program
The audit by the Bureau of State Audits will provide independently developed and verified information related to sexually violent predator (SVP) laws and Department of Mental Health’s (Mental Health) Sex Offender Commitment Program and would include, but not be limited to, the following...
September 15, 2010
Bureau of State Audits Reviewing California Prison Industry Authority
2010-118 AUDIT SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES - California Prison Industry Authority
The audit by the Bureau of State Audits will provide independently developed and verified information related to the California Prison Industry Authority (PIA) and would include, but not be limited to, the following...
September 15, 2010
Bureau of State Audits Reviewing CDCR’s COMPAS Program
AUDIT SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES—California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions (COMPAS) Program
The audit by the Bureau of State Audits will provide independently developed and verified information related to the CDCR’s COMPAS program and would include, but not be limited to, the following:
May 21, 2010
BSA Audit: Effect of CDCR Operations on the State Budget
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation:
Inmates Sentenced Under the Three Strikes Law and a Small Number of Inmates Receiving Specialty Health Care Represent Significant Costs
HIGHLIGHTS
Our review of California's increasing prison cost as a proportion of the state budget and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's (Corrections) operations revealed the following:
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Inmates incarcerated under the three strikes law (striker inmates):
- Make up 25 percent of the inmate population as of April 2009.
- Receive sentences that are, on average, nine years longer-resulting in about $19.2 billion in additional costs over the duration of their incarceration.
- Include many individuals currently convicted for an offense that is not a strike, were convicted of committing multiple serious or violent offenses on the same day, and some that committed strikeable offenses as a juvenile.
May 21, 2010
Audit: Effect of CDCR Operations on the State Budget
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation:
Inmates Sentenced Under the Three Strikes Law and a Small Number of Inmates Receiving Specialty Health Care Represent Significant Costs
HIGHLIGHTS
Our review of California's increasing prison cost as a proportion of the state budget and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's (Corrections) operations revealed the following:
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Inmates incarcerated under the three strikes law (striker inmates):
- Make up 25 percent of the inmate population as of April 2009.
- Receive sentences that are, on average, nine years longer-resulting in about $19.2 billion in additional costs over the duration of their incarceration.
- Include many individuals currently convicted for an offense that is not a strike, were convicted of committing multiple serious or violent offenses on the same day, and some that committed strikeable offenses as a juvenile.
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Inmate health care costs are significant to the cost of housing inmates. In fiscal year 2007-08, $529 million was incurred for contracted services by specialty health care providers. Additionally:
- 30 percent of the inmates receiving such care cost more than $427 million.
- The costs for the remaining 70 percent averaged just over $1,000 per inmate.
- The costs for those inmates who died during the last quarter ranged from $150 for one inmate to more than $1 million for another
- A significant portion of the increased workload due to medical guarding and transportation is covered through overtime.
- The large leave balances of custody staff, to which the furlough program has contributed a significant amount, will eventually cost the State from $546 million to more than $1 billion.
March 5, 2010
Notice of Intent to Run For Trustee of the CCPOA Benefit Trust Fund
The CCPOA Benefit Trust Fund will hold an election for one (1), three (3) year trustee position during the upcoming CCPOA Convention (to be held December 6-7, 2010, at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada.) The term of this office will be from January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2014.
The election will take place on December 7, 2010.
The nomination period is now open and will close on October 18, 2010.
The duties of a trustee are to assume the fiduciary responsibilities of the Health, Welfare and Benefit Plans available to CCPOA members. Included in these responsibilities is the willingness to learn and apply the principles of ERISA law, business management, accounting and auditing, contemporary health and welfare programs, and negotiations with insurance providers.
Note: Beginning January 22, 2004, the election, training and educational requirements for this position have changed. Candidates must participate in a debate with other candidates to the assembled delegates at the annual convention. A newly-elected trustee must complete certain training (at Trust Fund’s expense), including education in fiduciary responsibility, HIPAA and privacy requirements, as well as complete the IFEBP New Trustee Training prior to assuming full voting rights on January 1, 2011.
February 3, 2010
Contracting Practices for Private Community Correctional Facilities, CDC
From the Introduction section of the Auditor's report:
In 1965, to provide needed housing, supervision, counseling, and other correctional programs for inmates committed to its institutions, state law authorized the department to establish, operate, and contract for "community correctional centers," commonly referred to as CCFs. The Community Correctional Facilities Administration, within the Institutions Division of the department, administers support functions, such as developing and processing CCF contracts. The department's Office of Contract Services also participates in contract matters, such as the administration of the original contract and any amendments.
February 3, 2010
Accountability Audit Review of 2000-2003 Audits for CYA
From the Executive Summary of the OIG's report:
In the past four years, the Office of the Inspector General has performed nine audits identifying deficiencies in the institutions and programs of the California Youth Authority and has issued 241 recommendations to address the problems. The Youth Authority agreed with nearly all the recommendations at the time the audits were issued and promised to fix the deficiencies. The Accountability Audit presented here determined that 57 percent of the previous recommendations have been fully or substantially implemented, but additional progress is needed. Many of the deficiencies that have not been corrected are central to the Youth Authority's core mission of rehabilitating the young men and women entrusted to its care. For example, my office found that some wards are still confined to cells 23 hours per day with little access to the education and counseling services that are so critical to rehabilitation efforts.
February 3, 2010
October-December 2005 Quarterly Audit
The Office of the Inspector General investigates and audits the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to uncover criminal conduct, administrative wrongdoing, poor management practices, waste, fraud, and other abuses. This quarterly report summarizes the audit and investigation activities of the Office of the Inspector General for the period October 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005. The report satisfies the provisions of California Penal Code sections 6129(c)(2) and 6131(c), which require the Inspector General to publish a quarterly summary of investigations completed during the reporting period, including the conduct investigated and any discipline recommended and imposed. To provide a more complete overview of the Inspector General's activities and findings, this report also summarizes audits, special reviews, and warden candidate evaluations conducted by the office during the fourth quarter.
February 2, 2010
Review: Salinas Valley State Prison, Quadrennial
The purpose of this audit was to satisfy our statutory requirement to audit each warden one year after appointment and to audit each correctional institution at least once every four years. The report revealed that Warden Michael Evans has a reputation for integrity and professionalism, and he has gained many supporters among the employees at SVSP. Managers and staff members alike describe Evans as an effective administrator who provides strong leadership...
July 2, 2009
Quadrennial Audit of CSP-Solano
The report presents four findings and 19 recommendations. Specifically, we identified wasteful warehousing and procurement practices that may have cost millions of dollars statewide. Some of these purchases were made by Health Care Services Division employees under the direction of the former receiver. Consequently, we have also sent a copy of the report to the receiver and his response is included as part of this report. In addition to the warehousing and procurement issues, we found that the insitituion was not effectively using its limited resources to rehabilitate inmates, the department's firearms training policies were deficient, and the institution was not adequately protecting inmate central files. Your response to these findings and recommendations is included in the report...
April 28, 2009
State auditor finds $580,000 of wasted funds in whistle-blower claims
The state wasted $580,000 by leasing office space in San Diego and then leaving it vacant for four years, and an administrator was improperly reimbursed for $71,747 for commuting from her Southern California home to her Sacramento office, including lodging and meal costs, the state auditor said today.
State Auditor Elaine Howle said her office completed nine investigations of whistle-blower claims received during the last six months of 2008 that turned up "substantiated allegations'' in several state agencies.
"Through our investigative methods, we found waste of state funds, improper payments, improper contracting and misuse of state resources,'' Howle wrote to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger…
LINK - LATimesBlogs.LATimes.com
March 1, 2009
Accountability Audit Review of CDCR 2000-2007
Enclosed is the Office of the Inspector General's 2009 Accountability Audit of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. This two-chapter audit analyzes 114 open recommendations from ten prior reports and special reviews. Chapter 1 presents the results from our first follow-up audit of 94 recommendations made in three special reviews and one audit completed in 2007. Chapter 2 presents the results from our follow-up review of 20 recommendations made in six audits and special reviews issued from 2000 through 2006. Overall, we found that the department is making progress and has fully or substantially implemented roughly 60 percent of our recommendations. Work remains for forty-two of our recommendations, including the completion of changes that will ensure safe treatment and programming for juvenile offenders...
January 1, 2009
January-March 2009 Quarterly Audit
This quarterly report summarizes the OIG's audit and investigation activities for the period of January 1, 2009, through March 31, 2009. The report satisfies the provisions of California Penal Code sections 6129(c)(2) and 6131(c), which require the Inspector General to publish a quarterly summary of investigations completed during the reporting period, including the conduct investigated and any discipline recommended and imposed. To provide a more complete overview of our inspectors' activities and findings, this report also summarizes audit activities, warden and superintendent candidate evaluations, and facility and medical inspections completed during the first quarter of 2009. All the activities reported were carried out under California Penal Code section 6125 et seq., which assigns our office responsibility for independent oversight of CDCR.
November 2, 2008
Review: California Institute for Men, Quradrennial & Warden Audit
The purpose of the audit was to satisfy our statutory requirement to audit each warden one year after appointment and to audit each correctional institution at least once every four years. The report revealed that Warden Michael Poulos has a reputation for integrity and professionalism, and he gained many supporters among the employees at CIM. Interviews and surveys reveal that most staff members feel Poulos is an effective leader who is usually accessible to the staff and responsive to institution problems...
October 1, 2008
October-December 2008 Quarterly Audit
This quarterly report summarizes the OIG's audit and investigation activities for the period of October 1, 2008, through December 31, 2008. The report satisfies the provisions of California Penal Code sections 6129(c)(2) and 6131(c), which require the Inspector General to publish a quarterly summary of investigations completed during the reporting period, including the conduct investigated and any discipline recommended and imposed. To provide a more complete overview of our inspectors' activities and findings, this report also summarizes audit activities, warden and superintendent candidate evaluations, and facility and medical inspections completed during the fourth quarter of 2008. All the activities reported were carried out under California Penal Code section 6125 et seq., which assigns our office responsibility for independent oversight of CDCR.
August 1, 2008
Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation: It Does Not Always Follow Its Policies When Discharging
As requested by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, the Bureau of State Audits presents its audit report concerning the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's (Corrections) adult parole discharge practices. This report concludes that Corrections does not always follow its policies when discharging parolees. With the exception of deported parolees, its policies require parole agents to initiate a discharge review report for all eligible parolees. Corrections' data indicate that a total of 56,329 parolees were discharged between January 1, 2007, and March 31, 2008.
July 1, 2008
July-September 2008 Quarterly Audit
This quarterly report summarizes the OIG's audit and investigation activities for the period July 1, 2008, through September 30, 2008. The report satisfies the provisions of California Penal Code sections 6129(c)(2) and 6131(c), which require the Inspector General to publish a quarterly summary of investigations completed during the reporting period, including the conduct investigated and any discipline recommended and imposed. To provide a more complete overview of our inspectors' activities and findings, this report also summarizes audit activities, warden and superintendent candidate evaluations, and facility and medical inspections completed during the third quarter of 2008. All the activities reported were carried out under California Penal Code section 6125 et seq., which assigns our office responsibility for independent oversight of the CDCR.
April 1, 2008
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.
April 1, 2008
April-June 2008 Quarterly Audit
This quarterly report summarizes the OIG's audit and investigation activities for the period April 1, 2008, through June 30, 2008. The report satisfies the provisions of California Penal Code sections 6129(c)(2) and 6131(c), which require the Inspector General to publish a quarterly summary of investigations completed during the reporting period, including the conduct investigated and any discipline recommended and imposed. To provide a more complete overview of our inspectors' activities and findings, this report also summarizes audit activities, warden and superintendent candidate evaluations, and facility and medical inspections completed during the second quarter of 2008. All the activities reported were carried out under California Penal Code section 6125 et seq., which assigns our office responsibility for independent oversight of the CDCR.
February 1, 2008
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...
January 28, 2008
Folsom State Prison Audit by OIG - problems, issues identified
This report presents the results of an audit by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) concerning the operations of Folsom State Prison and the performance of its warden. The audit was performed under California Penal Code section 6126, which requires the OIG to audit each warden of an institution one year after his or her appointment, and to audit each correctional institution at least once every four years. The OIG performed the audit work between March 28, 2007, and November 30, 2007…
January 1, 2008
January-March 2008 Quarterly Audit
This quarterly report summarizes the OIG's audit and investigation activities for the period January 1, 2008, through March 31, 2008. The report satisfies the provisions of California Penal Code sections 6129(c)(2) and 6131(c), which require the Inspector General to publish a quarterly summary of investigations completed during the reporting period, including the conduct investigated and any discipline recommended and imposed. To provide a more complete overview of our inspectors' activities and findings, this report also summarizes audit activities, warden and superintendent candidate evaluations, and facility and medical inspections completed during the first quarter of 2008. All the activities reported were carried out under California Penal Code section 6125 et seq., which assigns our office responsibility for independent oversight of the CDCR.
October 1, 2007
October-December 2007 Quarterly Audit
This quarterly report summarizes the OIG's audit and investigation activities for the period October 1, 2007, through December 31, 2007. The report satisfies the provisions of California Penal Code sections 6129(c)(2) and 6131(c), which require the Inspector General to publish a quarterly summary of investigations completed during the reporting period, including the conduct investigated and any discipline recommended and imposed. To provide a more complete overview of our inspectors' activities and findings, this report also summarizes audit activities, warden and superintendent candidate evaluations, and facility inspections completed during the fourth quarter of 2007. All the activities reported were carried out under California Penal Code section 6125 et seq., which assigns the OIG responsibility for independent oversight of the CDCR.
July 1, 2007
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.
July 1, 2007
July-September 2007 Quarterly Audit
This quarterly report summarizes the audit and investigation activities of the Office of the Inspector General for the period July 1, 2007, through September 30, 2007. The report satisfies the provisions of California Penal Code sections 6129(c)(2) and 6131(c), which require the Inspector General to publish a quarterly summary of investigations completed during the reporting period, including the conduct investigated and any discipline recommended and imposed. To provide a more complete overview of our inspectors' activities and findings, this report also summarizes audit activities, warden and superintendent candidate evaluations, and facility inspections completed during the third quarter of 2007. All the activities reported were carried out under California Penal Code section 6125 et seq., which assigns the Office of the Inspector General responsibility for independent oversight of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
April 1, 2007
April-June 2007 Quarterly Audit
This quarterly report summarizes the audit and investigation activities of the Office of the Inspector General for the period April 1, 2007, through June 30, 2007. The report satisfies the provisions of California Penal Code sections 6129(c)(2) and 6131(c), which require the Inspector General to publish a quarterly summary of investigations completed during the reporting period, including the conduct investigated and any discipline recommended and imposed. To provide a more complete overview of the Inspector General's activities and findings, this report also summarizes audit activities and warden candidate evaluations the office completed during the second quarter of 2007. All the activities reported were carried out under California Penal Code section 6125 et seq., which assigns the Office of the Inspector General responsibility for independent oversight of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
January 1, 2007
January-March 2007 Quarterly Audit
This quarterly report summarizes the audit and investigation activities of the Office of the Inspector General for the period January 1, 2007, through March 31, 2007. The report satisfies the provisions of California Penal Code sections 6129(c)(2) and 6131(c), which require the Inspector General to publish a quarterly summary of investigations completed during the reporting period, including the conduct investigated and any discipline recommended and imposed. To provide a more complete overview of the Inspector General's activities and findings, this report also summarizes audit activities and warden candidate evaluations conducted by the office during the first quarter of 2007. All of the activities reported were carried out under California Penal Code section 6125 et seq., which assigns the Office of the Inspector General responsibility for independent oversight of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. View the FULL AUDIT of Q1 2007. .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format
October 1, 2006
October-December 2006 Quarterly Audit
This quarterly report summarizes the audit and investigation activities of the Office of the Inspector General for the period October 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006. The report satisfies the provisions of California Penal Code sections 6129(c)(2) and 6131(c), which require the Inspector General to publish a quarterly summary of investigations completed during the reporting period, including the conduct investigated and any discipline recommended and imposed. To provide a more complete overview of the Inspector General's activities and findings, this report also summarizes audits, special reviews, and warden candidate evaluations conducted by the office during the fourth quarter of 2006. All of the activities reported were carried out under California Penal Code section 6125 et seq., which assigns the Office of the Inspector General responsibility for independent oversight of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
July 1, 2006
July-September 2006 Quarterly Audit
This quarterly report summarizes the audit and investigation activities of the Office of the Inspector General for the period July 1, 2006 through September 30, 2006. The report satisfies the provisions of California Penal Code sections 6129(c)(2) and 6131(c), which require the Inspector General to publish a quarterly summary of investigations completed during the reporting period, including the conduct investigated and any discipline recommended and imposed. To provide a more complete overview of the Inspector General's activities and findings, this report also summarizes audits, special reviews, and warden candidate evaluations conducted by the office during the third quarter of 2006.
April 3, 2006
April-June 2006 Quarterly Audit
This quarterly report summarizes the audit and investigation activities of the Office of the Inspector General for the period April 1, 2006 through June 30, 2006. The report satisfies the provisions of California Penal Code sections 6129(c)(2) and 6131(c), which require the Inspector General to publish a quarterly summary of investigations completed during the reporting period, including the conduct investigated and any discipline recommended and imposed. To provide a more complete overview of the Inspector General's activities and findings, this report also summarizes audits, special reviews, and warden candidate evaluations conducted by the office during the second quarter of 2006.
April 1, 2006
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.
January 3, 2006
January - March 2006 Quarterly Audit
The Office of the Inspector General investigates and audits the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to uncover criminal conduct, administrative wrongdoing, poor management practices, waste, fraud, and other abuses. This quarterly report summarizes the audit and investigation activities of the Office of the Inspector General for the period January 1, 2006 through March 31, 2006. The report satisfies the provisions of California Penal Code sections 6129(c)(2) and 6131(c), which require the Inspector General to publish a quarterly summary of investigations completed during the reporting period, including the conduct investigated and any discipline recommended and imposed. To provide a more complete overview of the Inspector General's activities and findings, this report also summarizes audits, special reviews, and warden candidate evaluations conducted by the office during the first quarter of 2006.
November 1, 2005
Intermediate Sanction Programs Lack Performance Benchmarks at CDCR
From the Introduction section of the Auditor's report:
According to the former deputy director of the parole division, the programs that eventually were established under the department's New Parole Model were intended primarily to fill perceived gaps in the department's parole process. The department hoped to help parolees reintegrate into communities by implementing prerelease programs aimed at matching future parolees to the programs and services they needed and by expanding post-release programs aimed at improving newly released parolees' access to those programs and services, thereby reducing the recidivism rate. The department also planned to implement three intermediate sanction programs that could be used as an alternative to prison for low-risk parolees who commit minor crimes or technical violations of their parole conditions.
July 1, 2005
Accountability Audit: 2002-03 Board of Prison Terms Audits
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This report presents an assessment of the progress made by the Board of Prison Terms in implementing recommendations from reviews conducted by the Office of the Inspector General in 2002 and 2003. The report is the second of three comprehensive follow-up reviews comprising the Office of the Inspector General's 2005 Accountability Audit, the purpose of which is to examine the progress of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency and its subordinate entities in implementing recommendations from 32 reviews and management review audits conducted by the Office of the Inspector General since April 2000. In addition to the two reviews covered here, the original 32 reviews and audits included nine management review audits and reviews of the California Youth Authority and 21 management review audits and reviews of Department of Corrections institutions and programs. The first report in the 2005 Accountability Audit - a comprehensive follow-up review of the California Youth Authority - was released in January 2005. The comprehensive follow-up review of the Department of Corrections will constitute the third report in the 2005 Accountability Audit series.
July 1, 2005
Accountability Audit: 2002-03 Board of Prison Terms Audits
This report presents an assessment of the progress made by the Board of Prison Terms in implementing recommendations from reviews conducted by the Office of the Inspector General in 2002 and 2003. The report is the second of three comprehensive follow-up reviews comprising the Office of the Inspector General's 2005 Accountability Audit, the purpose of which is to examine the progress of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency and its subordinate entities in implementing recommendations from 32 reviews and management review audits conducted by the Office of the Inspector General since April 2000. In addition to the two reviews covered here, the original 32 reviews and audits included nine management review audits and reviews of the California Youth Authority and 21 management review audits and reviews of Department of Corrections institutions and programs. The first report in the 2005 Accountability Audit - a comprehensive follow-up review of the California Youth Authority - was released in January 2005. The comprehensive follow-up review of the Department of Corrections will constitute the third report in the 2005 Accountability Audit series.
May 2, 2005
Management Review: N.A. Chaderjian YCF, Stockton
This report presents the results of a management review audit of the California Youth Authority's N.A. Chaderjian Youth Correctional Facility, which was conducted by the Office of the Inspector General between October 27, 2004 and April 29, 2005. The purpose of the audit was to provide a baseline assessment of the facility's performance in carrying out essential functions and to provide recommendations to correct deficiencies. The audit was performed under the authority provided to the Office of the Inspector General by California Penal Code section 6051.
January 1, 2005
California Department of Corrections Audit: Issues Identified and Key Recommendations
From the Introduction page of the report:
We have been asked to briefly describe the range of correctional audits we have performed in recent years, the progress of reforms to date, and our thoughts on the reorganization. Over the past five years we have completed seven audits that focused on four particularly important areas in which we concluded that the Department of Corrections needs to improve its performance: In the time allowed today, we will briefly summarize some of the key recommendations the Bureau of State Audits (bureau) included in these audit reports and Corrections' reports regarding its progress in implementing them.
July 1, 2004
Rapid Rise in Contract Payments for Inpatient and Outpatient Care, CDC
From the Introduction section of the Auditor's report:
To provide medically necessary health care to inmates, Corrections operates four types of health care facilities: four general acute care hospitals, 14 correctional treatment centers, 13 outpatient housing units, and one skilled nursing facility. Additionally, it contracts with the Department of Mental Health to provide all inpatient acute mental health services to certain inmates at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville and to some of the inmates at the correctional treatment center at Salinas Valley State Prison. For care not available in its own facilities, Corrections contracts with medical service providers in the surrounding communities, including hospitals. Table 1 presents the types of health care facilities, the number of doctors available on site, the average daily inmate population, and the average daily inmate population per doctor at each institution during fiscal year 2002-03.
March 1, 2004
Plans to Build a New Condemned-Inmate Complex at CSP-San Quentin
From the Introduction section of the Auditor's report:
All men sentenced to death in California are sent to San Quentin to fulfill their sentence. Today, the department uses three different facilities at San Quentin to house the more than 600 male condemned inmates of whom it has custody, as Table 1 on the following page indicates. Each condemned inmate has his own cell within these facilities. (See Figure 2 on page 9 for an aerial view of San Quentin.) The original death row facility, located atop San Quentin's North Block facility, built in 1934, occupies the building's entire sixth floor. The department refers to this facility as North Segregation. The facility can house 68 condemned inmates and as of January 2004 was filled to capacity. The department houses only its most cooperative grade A condemned inmates in North Segregation because its design provides the most freedom of movement within the three facilities' housing and exercise areas. These inmates have access to an exercise yard on the building's roof.
July 1, 2003
Medical Service Contracts and Claims, California Department of Corrections
From the Introduction section of the Auditor's report:
For care not available in its own facilities, Corrections contracts with medical service providers in the community. Corrections' costs incurred for contracted inmate medical and laboratory services have continued to increase in each of the last four fiscal years by more than 15 percent. In fiscal year 2001-02, costs increased by 29 percent and fiscal year 2002-03 witnessed another 20 percent increase. Figure 1 on the following page shows the variety of medical service providers that Corrections contracts with to deliver health care services to inmates, including community hospitals throughout the State that provide inpatient and outpatient medical services and specialty care physicians such as oncologists and radiologists. To provide temporary medical services when prison medical staff are unavailable or on long-term sick leave, Corrections uses medical registry contracts.
March 1, 2003
Review: California State Prison Solano, Vacaville
This report presents the results of a management review audit conducted by the Office of the Inspector General of Warden Thomas L. Carey of California State Prison, Solano. The audit was conducted under the provisions of California Penal Code Section 6051, which assigns the Office of the Inspector General authority to conduct a management review audit of any California Department of Corrections warden who has held that position for more than four years or who has been recently appointed. The management review audit of California State Prison, Solano resulted from the July 2001 appointment of Warden Carey. A management review audit is intended to assess the warden's performance in carrying out the essential functions of the facility. In the case of recent appointments, the management review audit provides a baseline assessment of institution operations. Where deficiencies are noted, the Office of the Inspector General makes recommendations to correct problems.
July 1, 2002
Follow-Up: Review of Fred C. Nelles Youth Correctional Facility
The follow-up audit was performed because of numerous serious problems identified in an earlier management review audit of the Fred C. Nelles Youth Correctional Facility by the Office of the Inspector General. The follow-up audit found that Superintendent Crawford has made significant progress in imporoving the operation of the Fred C. Nelles Youth Correctional Facility, but also identified continuing deficiencies in some areas.
November 1, 2001
Fiscal Practices and Internal Controls of the California Department of Corrections
From the Introduction section of the Auditor's report:
As the agency responsible for overseeing and managing California's 33 prisons (institutions), the California Department of Corrections (department) operates the largest prison system in the United States. For fiscal year 2001-02, the department projected that it would need 46,548 employees to fulfill its responsibilities. The department's mission is to control, care for, and treat men and women who are convicted of serious crimes or admitted to the State's civil narcotics program and who are then placed in the department's Institution, Health Care Services, or Community Correctional programs. The department is organized into four programs: Central Administration, Health Care Services, Community Correctional (Paroles), and Institution. Through the Institution Program, the department provides prison inmates with safe, secure detention facilities and necessary services, such as food, clothing, and medical care. As Figure 1 on the following page illustrates, costs for this program alone represent $3.5 billion, or roughly 73 percent, of the $4.8 billion that is the department's total approved budget from all funding sources for fiscal year 2001-02.
August 1, 2001
Department of Corrections’ Parole Outpatient Clinic Program
From the Introduction section of the Auditor's report:
The Parole and Community Services Division within the department's Field Operations area is responsible for supervising and providing services to felons who have been paroled. The level of supervision a parolee receives is based on factors related to the offender's history of violence and current service needs. Case assessments dictate the placement of selected parolees in a category of supervision intended to prevent, detect, or interrupt behavior likely to endanger the community or themselves. The Parole and Community Services Division oversees 136 parole offices and four regional parole outpatient clinics (clinic) that provide services statewide. The parole agent is responsible for the following tasks: supervising parolees; arranging services such as housing, medical care, employment, counseling, education, and social activities; investigating alleged parole violations; and helping assess a parolee's risk to the community and the type of services he or she requires. The department employs more than 1,700 parole agents who are responsible for the supervision of approximately 121,000 parolees throughout the State....
May 1, 2000
Audit of the Prison Industry Authority Optical Program at the RJ Donovan Correctional Facility
From the Introduction section of the Auditor's report:
In response to a request from the Secretary of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has reviewed the corrective action taken by the Prison Industry Authority (PIA) as the result of an incident in the PIA's optical laboratory at the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility (R.J. Donovan). Under contract with the California Department of Health Services (DHS), the PIA makes eyewear for Medi-Cal beneficiaries. In May 1999, the optical laboratory operation at R.J. Donovan was closed because it was found that inmates had gained access to personal information of Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
May 1, 2000
Audit: Inmate Day Labor Program, Sierra (SCC)
This report presents the results of the Office of the Inspector General's audit of the Inmate Day Labor Program at the Sierra Conservation Center and the accountability and handling of potentially dangerous materials used on projects at the center. The audit was conducted during April 2000. The Sierra Conservation Center (SCC) is located in Jamestown, California. Opened in 1965 with a design capacity of 3,926, the prison is now separated into two dormitory-type facilities for minimum custody (Level 1) and low-medium custody (Level 2) inmates and a separate high-medium custody (Level 3) facility. As of March 31, 2000, the center housed 6,383 inmates, or 163% of design capacity.
March 1, 2000
Audit: Inmate Appeal & Disciplinary Process, Salinas Valley (SVSP)
This report presents the results of the Office of the Inspector General's audit of the disciplinary process and procedures for handling inmate complaints at Salinas Valley State Prison. The audit was conducted during February 2000. In August 1999, the California Department of Corrections (CDC) formed a threat assessment team to assess the operations of the Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP). The threat assessment was conducted at the request of then-Acting Warden Anthony A. Lamarque of SVSP over concerns about the possibility of a consipiracy by a gang or gangs to assault staff at the institution. The assessment also included an evaluation of general conditions affecting the overall operation of the state prison.
January 1, 2000
Utilizing Managed Care Practices, CDC
From the Results section of the Auditor's report:
The department is required to provide medically necessary health care to inmates. In 1992, the department established a health care services division, whose mission is to manage and deliver health care statewide to the inmate population consistent with adopted standards for quality and scope of services within a custodial environment. The health care services division oversees the delivery of medical, dental, and psychiatric services at the institutions. To accomplish its mission, the division operates four licensed hospitals, a skilled nursing facility, 16 correctional treatment centers (CTCs), and 12 outpatient housing units. Each licensed hospital provides 24-hour acute care services to patients who require a high level of care. These hospitals offer medical, nursing, surgical, anesthesia, laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, and dietary services...
January 1, 2000
Excessive Personnel Costs Due to Poor Management Practices
From the Results section of the Auditor's report:
The department could save about $17 million a year if average sick leave use among custody staff dropped to 48 hours per year and roughly $29 million a year if it reduced its average sick leave usage to a level comparable to that of the California Highway Patrol. Besides driving up costs, the extensive use of overtime to cover employees out on sick leave often allows custody staff to earn more than their superiors; many therefore choose not to accept promotions. The department's attempts to discipline staff who claim a lot of sick leave have been ineffective in curbing excessive use. Its efforts to control sick leave costs are hampered because it does not sufficiently track the reasons that custody staff use sick leave to determine a baseline level of back-up relief staff needed and to detect patterns of excessive use...
October 1, 1999
Wasco State Prison: Concerns About Institutional Safety & Security
From the Introduction section of the Auditor's report:
In April 1999, several events occurred at Wasco that raised concerns about the safety of correctional staff and inmates. One incident involved prisoners obtaining confidential information relating to correctional officers and administrative staff. In the same month, Wasco also suffered a complete power outage that lasted for nearly seven hours. The failure of a single electrical transformer terminated the institution's incoming utility power. Because the blown transformer operates on the same electrical circuit as the emergency generators, the generators were unable to respond...
September 1, 1998
The Cost of Incarcerating Inmates in State-Run Prisons
Each fiscal year, the department calculates and publishes the amount of incarceration costs per inmate. The department's calculation focuses primarily on those operating costs directly related to housing and supporting inmates, such as food, clothing, health care, and inmate activities. For fiscal year 1996-97, the department calculated annual incarceration costs at $21,012 per inmate. We reviewed the department's calculation and found that, although it appropriately reflects many of the operating costs, it does not include all costs incurred by the State. When we included all of the costs, we found that annual incarceration costs were $24,807 per inmate for fiscal year 1996-97, $3,795 higher per inmate than the department's published figure. The total difference of costs to incarcerate inmates between the department's calculation and our estimate is $517 million....
August 1, 1998
Early Intervention Program - CDC, CYA and Dept of Mental Health
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This is the second time we have reviewed a report the CDC and the CYA have prepared on the impact of early intervention. In July 1992, we cautioned readers to be wary of the results of a similar report. These two attempts to measure the effectiveness of early intervention have therefore been inconclusive. In view of this, it would be imprudent for the Legislature or the CDC and the CYA to rely on these reports in deciding the future of the Early Intervention Program....
August 1, 1998
Early Intervention Program - CDC, CYA and Dept of Mental Health
From the Introduction section of the Auditor's report:
This is the second time we have reviewed a report the CDC and the CYA have prepared on the impact of early intervention. In July 1992, we cautioned readers to be wary of the results of a similar report. These two attempts to measure the effectiveness of early intervention have therefore been inconclusive. In view of this, it would be imprudent for the Legislature or the CDC and the CYA to rely on these reports in deciding the future of the Early Intervention Program....
