SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s prison system used inappropriate tactics to whittle down a backlog of staff misconduct cases, according to a new special review from the Office of the Inspector General, the state’s prison watchdog agency. As a result, staff violated departmental policy and presented conflicts of interest by reviewing and ruling on their colleagues’ alleged misconduct toward inmates. This is not the first time the state inspector general has criticized how the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation handles misconduct cases, In fact, CDCR’s current process for …
