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Correctional officer describes safety strains; CDCR and OIG outline revised misconduct intake and investigation processes
Summary
A long‑serving correctional officer testified about staffing cuts, rising violence and training needs inside California prisons; CDCR’s Office of Internal Affairs and the Inspector General outlined new centralized screening, an allegation investigations unit and OIG intake volumes. No disciplinary decisions resulted from the hearing.
Joseph Cisneros, a correctional officer with 23 years’ experience and member of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, told the Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 5 that staffing reductions, rising assaults and limits on disciplinary authority have left officers and incarcerated people less safe.
"Staff reductions are not just budgetary line items. They are lives," Cisneros told the committee, adding that officers often work alone in areas that formerly had partners, that assaults on staff have increased and that training delivered in person is needed over online modules.
CDCR described reforms to the staff‑complaint and misconduct review process
After Cisneros’s testimony the committee heard from CDCR and the Office of Inspector General about changes to how allegations of staff misconduct are received, screened and investigated.
- Office of Internal Affairs (CDCR): Deputy Director David Chris described…
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