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State inspector general seeks funding to expand monitoring of staff sexual‑misconduct investigations
Summary
The California Office of the Inspector General asked the Assembly subcommittee for staff and ongoing funding to increase its monitoring and investigation of alleged staff sexual misconduct in state prisons, citing a significant gap between complaints and the office’s current capacity to review them.
The California Office of the Inspector General told the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 that it needs additional staffing and funding to monitor and investigate allegations of staff sexual misconduct within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Inspector General Amarik Singh said the OIG is implementing statutory duties from Senate Bill 1069 that expanded the office’s responsibility to monitor allegations of staff sexual misconduct. Singh told the subcommittee the OIG’s budget change proposal requests $3,600,000 in one‑time funding for 22 positions in 2025‑26 and $5,715,000 for 29 positions in 2026‑27 and ongoing. Those positions, he testified, would allow the OIG to review far more screening decisions and to monitor or…
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