Thread by @F0Q_CDCR

About the #CDCR, @CaliforniaOIG said "...it is important to note that many of the department’s decisions listed above were not made in a vacuum and had significant effects on other people far beyond the institutional setting."

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"Moreover [...] [s]ome of these [incarcerated persons] risked their
own safety—and, by extension, the safety of their loved ones—to help those who became infected. Such heroic efforts must not be lost amid this discussion."
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"...the department’s vague screening directives resulted in
inconsistent implementation among the prisons, which left some staff and visitors entering prisons unscreened."
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Specifically, 5 percent of the survey’s respondents indicated that they had not always been screened as required by the department’s directive.
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"We also learned that the results derived from some staff and visitor screenings may have been flawed. [...] instances of thermometers malfunctioning..."
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Handwashing isn't always possible. "This single precaution may be limited because it is dependent on supplies that facilities are willing to provide to both staff and incarcerated persons;"
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"...visitors, such as contracted workers, attorneys, emergency responders, and OIG staff, continued to enter the prisons, along with thousands of departmental staff who came to work in the prisons each day."
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"The department took nearly three weeks—until May 28, 2020—to
provide us with a single document, originating from just one prison."
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"...the department notified us
it would not provide the staff-level testing information we had requested; it based its decision now on its 'belief that disclosure of this information would be a violation of the ... (CMIA).'”
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"The department’s justification for its refusal in this instance also
contradicts its past practice of providing our office with several different types of confidential information since we became an independent agency in 1998."
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"We find it even more puzzling that [CDCR] expressed no
concerns with providing records pertaining to incarcerated persons who tested positive ... even though the CMIA provides a similar clause prohibiting [disclosure]."
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"... the decision to initially withhold the information we requested remains a concern."
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"Due to a lack of standardized guidance from the department,
prisons were left to their own accord to implement their
screening processes."
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"screeners reported using thermometers that were
faulty or had batteries that malfunctioned during
the screener’s shift;"
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"Screeners also reported receiving little to no training on COVID-19 screening protocols."
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"OIG Staff Were Not Screened for Signs and Symptoms of COVID-19 in Nearly 20 Percent of Their Prison Site Visits."
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"40 of 571 San Quentin State Prison’s staff respondents (7 percent) indicated they had not always been screened as required."
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"Prison managers could have identified some of these issues themselves, had they implemented proactive quality control processes."
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As an independent agency, the "OIG will decide how it will
utilize the information it receives as part of this authorized
review. [...] The information that was previously in dispute is no exception."