What Is the Optimal Size of the Office of the Inspector General?
There are a couple of issues to consider in regards to this question. First is the size of the correctional system. California’s correctional system is large and its prisons and youth correctional facilities are spread across the state. For this reason, it may make sense to have regional offices—perhaps one in the northern part of the state and one in the south with central headquarters in Sacramento. This is essentially how the office was structured prior to recent budgetary reductions. Second, the size of the office would be determined, in part, by the level of oversight desired by the Legislature, and the OIG’s relationship to other investigative offices within the system. For example, in addition to investigations of alleged misconduct, if the Legislature wished to have the OIG perform management reviews of individual prisons, this may require a higher level of staff resources. If the OIG’s role in relation to CDC investigators, for example, were to provide a second level of review
