Report 2016-131 Recommendation 18 Responses
Report 2016-131: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: It Must Increase Its Efforts to Prevent and Respond to Inmate Suicides (Release Date: August 2017)
Recommendation #18 To: Corrections and Rehabilitation, Department of
To ensure that suicide prevention teams meet quorum requirements, Corrections should, starting January 2018, work with prisons that consistently fail to achieve a quorum to resolve issues that may be preventing the teams from having all required members present at meetings.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2021
Senior Psychologist-Specialists have been assigned to each region to provide oversight to institutions with suicide prevention efforts. These specialists attend SPRFIT Committee meetings, and if quorums are not met, Corrective Action Plans are implemented. These Specialists have been conducting site visits since the first quarter of 2021.
Supporting documentation will be submitted as directed.
- Completion Date: June 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2020
The self-monitoring guide continues to be under development/approval. We are currently auditing all institutional Local Operating Procedures related to this item to ensure they are in compliance with required members. We will be coordinating the audits of the SPRFIT Committee minutes for compliance.
- Estimated Completion Date: TBD
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From November 2019
Due to the volume of the response, updates will be submitted via email, including supporting documentation.
- Completion Date: March 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Partially Implemented
We asked Corrections to provide an audit tool they stated would help monitor compliance with prevention team requirements. Corrections stated that the tool has been developed but revisions are pending, and did not provide an estimated date for the tool's completion.
- Auditee did not substantiate its claim of full implementation
1-Year Agency Response
This item refers to SPRFIT. SPRFIT enhancements address membership and quorum issues. SPRFIT audit and coding will also be updated. Corrective action plans will be developed for institutions who consistently do not establish quorums.
- Completion Date: February 2018
- Response Date: August 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Partially Implemented
Corrections stated that it is developing an audit tool to verify that suicide prevention teams are meeting quorum and that Corrections will require a corrective action plan for teams that do not meet quorum for two consecutive meetings.
- Auditee did not address all aspects of the recommendation
6-Month Agency Response
This item refers to SPRFIT. SPRFIT enhancements address membership and quorum issues. SPRFIT audit and coding will also be updated. CAPS will be developed for institutions who consistently do not establish quorums.
A copy of revised SPRFIT requirements memorandum will be provided.
- Estimated Completion Date: February 2018
- Response Date: February 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending
60-Day Agency Response
This item refers to SPRFIT. SPRFIT enhancements address membership and quorum issues. Those should be issued by November 2017. SPRFIT audit and coding will also be updated.
A copy of revised SPRFIT requirements memorandum will be provided once complete.
- Estimated Completion Date: January 2018
- Response Date: October 2017
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
All Recommendations in 2016-131
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.