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OIG audit: California prisons not able to complete large‑scale evacuations within 72 hours, vehicle fleet and planning gaps identified
Summary
An OIG audit found most California prisons lack detailed external evacuation plans and would not be able to evacuate incarcerated people and staff within 72 hours. The report flagged inconsistent risk assessment tools across sites, limited transportation fleet availability, and aging buses that may be unreliable for large evacuations.
The Office of the Inspector General presented an audit to the Senate subcommittee finding that most California prisons lack site‑specific evacuation plans that would enable full external evacuations within a 72‑hour window.
The OIG reviewed emergency operations and planning documents for 30 prisons and conducted deeper reviews of three institutions. The audit concluded that while prisons maintain internal procedures to shelter in place or move people around inside facilities, none of the reviewed plans included detailed processes to evacuate people outside the gates to alternate secure housing within 72 hours.
Key findings
- Evacuation readiness: OIG concluded CDCR could not evacuate staff and incarcerated people at most prisons within a 72‑hour timeframe recommended by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. - Transportation fleet: CDCR operates 30 buses (38 seats each) and…
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