5015.
(a) The department, under the supervision of the Office of the Inspector General, shall conduct a security inspection and audit of each of its prisons and its other facilities that house inmates at regular intervals, but at least every ____ four years.(b) At least 30 days before each scheduled security audit and inspection, the department shall notify the Office of the Inspector General. The department shall, upon request, allow staff of the office to attend any site inspection or otherwise observe any component
of the security inspection and audit.
(c) The inspection and audit of a facility shall include, but not be limited to, a physical inspection of the facility and grounds,
observation of facility operations, a review of procedures and other documentation, and interviews with staff. The inspection and audit shall cover, without limitation, inmate counts, inmate movement, inmate searches, inmate visiting, inmate mail, transportation, key control, tool control, institution access, and armory and restraint equipment, as applicable.
(d) Within 60 days after the conclusion of each security inspection and audit, the department, in coordination with the Office of the Inspector General, department shall prepare a summary of the inspection and audit, any findings, any deficiencies found, and a plan to address those deficiencies,
including the prioritization of addressing those deficiencies and a response to the recommendations provided by the Office of the Inspector General.
(e)The Office of the Inspector General shall provide the department with recommendations on how
to remediate security deficiencies identified in each inspection and audit.
(e) (1) The Office of the Inspector General shall provide contemporaneous oversight of the security inspection and audit process conducted by the department, including, but not limited to, recommendations on how to remediate the security deficiencies identified in each inspection and audit.
(2) The Office of the Inspector General shall prepare a report, consistent with the reporting requirements of subdivision (c) of Section 6126, on the department’s process of performing these security inspections and audits, including, but not limited to, any recommendations
suggested to the department for the remediation of all identified security deficiencies.
(f) Within 60 days after the conclusion of a security inspection and audit, the department shall begin the remediation process for each identified security deficiency.
(g) The department shall track and oversee the remediation of security deficiencies.
(h) The department shall complete the remediation of each identified security deficiency within one year after the conclusion of the facility’s security inspection and audit.
(i) When the remediation of security deficiencies is complete, the department shall provide an update to the summary of the inspected
facility to reflect the changes.
(j) The department shall make the summary of the inspection available to city and county law enforcement agencies within a 10-mile radius of the prison facility. Peace officers and other personnel within the law enforcement agency receiving the summary shall keep the information confidential.
(k) This section does not limit the authority of the department to immediately address or remediate a security deficiency of a critical nature or any deficiency that may be addressed without significant cost, planning, or expenditure.