2008 Press Releases
For more information, contact the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Communications Office, (916) 445-4950, or call the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Main Information Line, (916) 323-3593.

Growlersburg Conservation Camp:
Where Fighting Fires is Just Part of The Mission (07/24/2008)
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CDCR Fugitive Apprehension Team and U.S. Marshals Coordinate
Major Arrests (07/23/2008)
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Inmates Produce Fire-Fighting Nomex Suits at Record Pace (07/22/2008)
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Board of Parole Hearings denies Susan Atkins' request for Compassionate Release (07/15/2008)
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Information on CDCR Integrated Housing Program Now Online (07/03/2008)
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CDCR Streamlines Accounting, Goes Live with Improved Business Information System (07/01/2008)
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CDCR and LA County's Sheriff's Department Team-Up to Track Gang Members via GPS (07/01/2008)
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De Witt Nelson Youth Correctional Facility Shutters Doors in Final Closing Ceremony (06/27/2008)
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More Than 2,400 CDCR Staff and Inmate Firefighters Deployed to Battle Wildfires Statewide (06/23/2008)
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CDCR Strategic Offender Management System Project will Automate and Streamline Information Sharing (06/19/2008)
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CDCR Releases Coordinated Construction Plan to Reduce Overcrowding in State Prison System (06/18/2008)
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Ironwood State Prison Activates Zero-Emission Solar Power System (05/28/2008)
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Prison Inmates Graduate from Construction Training (05/29/2008)
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Deuel Vocational Institution Escapee Captured (05/27/2008)
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Employees Honored for Heroism, Outstanding Service at Annual Medal of Valor Ceremony (Includes Video and slidshow) (05/16/2008)
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20-Year Anniversary Memorial for Heman Stark Officer Death While on Duty (05/20/2008)
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May Revised Budget Released By Governor (05/14/2008)
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**Special Op-ed by Secretary James E. Tilton** - Investing in Prison Reform Pays In Safety
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CDCR, Community Groups Partner For Ninth Annual Mother's Day "GET ON THE BUS" (05/09/2008)
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Preliminary County Jail Funding Rankings Released, Contingent on Reentry Siting and Final Approval (05/08/2008)
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CDCR's Inmate Firefighters Prepare for the 2008 Fire Season (05/01/2008)
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CDCR Completes GPS Implementation for High Risk Sex Offenders on Parole All HRSOs on Active Parole Being Monitored (04/30/2008)
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CDCR Agents Assists Sacramento County In Sweep Targeting Gang Members
(04/24/08)
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AB 900 UPDATE: MOVING INMATES OUT-OF-STATE REDUCES PRISON OVERCROWDING
(04/21/08)
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CDCR Secretary James E. Tilton Announces Retirement
(04/15/08)
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Governor Schwarzenegger Issues Statement on Retirement of CDCR Secretary James Tilton, Appoints Matthew Cate as New CDCR Secretary
(04/15/08)
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CDCR Releases Progress Report on Comprehensive Corrections Overhaul as One Year Anniversary of AB 900 Approaches
(04/14/08)
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CDCR Honors Crime Victim's Rights Week with Strengthened Restitution and Victim Services in 2008
(04/14/08)
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CCI Staff Recovering As Investigation into Stabbing Assault Continues
(04/07/08)
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CDCR Announces Change in Statewide Lockdown Following Attack on Officers at California Correctional Institution
(04/04/08)
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CDCR Correctional Staff Attacked by Two Inmates at California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi
(04/03/08)
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Sara Jane Olson Brought Back into CDCR Custody
(03/22/08)
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Council on Mentally Ill Offenders (COMIO) Announces First Annual Best Practices Awards
(03/19/08)
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Chowchilla Family Express, CDCR Celebrate First Year Anniversary of Successful Partnership to Bring Children, Families to Visit Incarcerated Mothers
(03/16/08)
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Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp Celebrated 63rd Year with Open House
(03/10/08)
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Gov. Schwarzenegger Attends Female Inmate Carpenter Graduation, Opens New Inmate Firefighter Training Center
(03/06/08)
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CDCR Meets with Local Officials on Future of El Paso de Robles Correctional Facility
(03/03/08)
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CDCR Establishes Public-Private Partnership Strategy to Help Deliver Needed Reentry Facilities in California
(02/28/08)
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Inmate Divers Graduate To Deep Sea Construction Careers
(02/21/08)
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CDCR, AmeriCorps, Announce Innovative Rehabilitation Program Focused On Successful DJJ Parolees
(02/08/08)
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Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility
Conducts First Prison Pup Program Graduation
(02/07/08)
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California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Opens New Family Foundations Program Facility in Fresno
(01/25/08)
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Governor’s Rehabilitation Strike Team Releases Report
(01/25/08)
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Inmate Kenneth Parnell Dies of Natural Causes
(01/22/08)
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Chowchilla Inmates Refurbish 1927 Service Ladder Truck
(01/11/08)
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Secretary James Tilton Releases Statement on Budget
(01/10/08)
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Two Division of Juvenile Justice Facilities to Close
Due to Shift in Juvenile Offender Population
(01/04/08)
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Court Upholds Corrections’ Finding that Contractor Misused One Million in Taxpayer Dollars
(01/03/08)
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