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2008 Press Releases

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Growlersburg Conservation Camp: Where Fighting Fires is Just Part of The Mission (07/24/2008)
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Agents are sworn in as U.S. Marshals

CDCR Fugitive Apprehension Team and U.S. Marshals Coordinate
Major Arrests (07/23/2008)
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Inmates Manufacture Nomex Suits

Inmates Produce Fire-Fighting Nomex Suits at Record Pace (07/22/2008)
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Susan Atkins

Board of Parole Hearings denies Susan Atkins' request for Compassionate Release (07/15/2008)
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Integrated Housing

Information on CDCR Integrated Housing Program Now Online (07/03/2008)
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BIS

CDCR Streamlines Accounting, Goes Live with Improved Business Information System (07/01/2008)
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GPS unit helps track gang members

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

De Witt Nelson Youth Correctional Facility Shutters Doors in Final Closing Ceremony (06/27/2008)
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Inmate Firefighters

More Than 2,400 CDCR Staff and Inmate Firefighters Deployed to Battle Wildfires Statewide (06/23/2008)
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SOMS

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

Ironwood State Prison Activates Zero-Emission Solar Power System (05/28/2008)
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Prison Inmates Graduate from Construction Training

Prison Inmates Graduate from Construction Training (05/29/2008)
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Escapee Captured

Deuel Vocational Institution Escapee Captured (05/27/2008)
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Medal of Valor

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

20-Year Anniversary Memorial for Heman Stark Officer Death While on Duty (05/20/2008)
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Secretary Tilton and incomeing Secretary Cate answer questions about the May Revise budget

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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The Get On the Bus Program, now in its ninth year, serves an important role in ensuring that family reunification effort are ongoing while incarcerated mothers remain in prison.

CDCR, Community Groups Partner For Ninth Annual Mother's Day "GET ON THE BUS" (05/09/2008)
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Funding Chart

Preliminary County Jail Funding Rankings Released, Contingent on Reentry Siting and Final Approval (05/08/2008)
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Inmate Firefighters

CDCR's Inmate Firefighters Prepare for the 2008 Fire Season (05/01/2008)
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GPS device on ankle

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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Officers make an arrest

CDCR Agents Assists Sacramento County In Sweep Targeting Gang Members
(04/24/08)
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Graphic showing reduction in "Bad Beds"

AB 900 UPDATE: MOVING INMATES OUT-OF-STATE REDUCES PRISON OVERCROWDING
(04/21/08)
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James E. Tilton

CDCR Secretary James E. Tilton Announces Retirement
(04/15/08)
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Matthew Cate

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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AB 900 Report

CDCR Releases Progress Report on Comprehensive Corrections Overhaul as One Year Anniversary of AB 900 Approaches
(04/14/08)
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Victim's Rights Week

CDCR Honors Crime Victim's Rights Week with Strengthened Restitution and Victim Services in 2008
(04/14/08)
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CCI

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

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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Families Arrive to Celebrate First Year Anniversary of Chowchilla Family Express

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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A new CAL Fire Crew Carrying Vehicle (CCV) is on display, with an engine from the City of Ione.

Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp Celebrated 63rd Year with Open House
(03/10/08)
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Governor Schwarzenegger hands a graduation certificate to a CIW graduate.

Gov. Schwarzenegger Attends Female Inmate Carpenter Graduation, Opens New Inmate Firefighter Training Center
(03/06/08)
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Media interviews San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisor Harry Ovitt about the announcement.

CDCR Meets with Local Officials on Future of El Paso de Robles Correctional Facility
(03/03/08)
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Reentry Concepts

CDCR Establishes Public-Private Partnership Strategy to Help Deliver Needed Reentry Facilities in California
(02/28/08)
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Inmate Divers Graduate

Inmate Divers Graduate To Deep Sea Construction Careers
(02/21/08)
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Innovative Rehabilitation Program Focused On Successful DJJ Parolees

CDCR, AmeriCorps, Announce Innovative Rehabilitation Program Focused On Successful DJJ Parolees
(02/08/08)
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Photo of Pup Program Graduation

Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility Conducts First Prison Pup Program Graduation
(02/07/08)
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Secretary Tilton with Children

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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Kenneth Parnell

Inmate Kenneth Parnell Dies of Natural Causes
(01/22/08)
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Chowchilla Inmates Refurbish 1927 Service Ladder Truck

Chowchilla Inmates Refurbish 1927 Service Ladder Truck
(01/11/08)
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Secretary James Tilton

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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