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2009 Press Releases | Click for Additional Items of Interest

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Attempted Murder of Peace Officer at California State Prison-Sacramento (12/28/2009)
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Corrections Standards Authority Awards $1.7 Million to Promote Local Evidence-Based Practices that Reduce Juvenile Recidivism (12/9/2009)
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Update: California Institution for Men Returns to Normal Operation Following August 8 Riot (12/9/2009)
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California Men's Colony Escapee Apprehended (12/3/2009)
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Ventura Youth Correctional Facility Released From Health Care List (12/3/2009)
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Inmate Escapes from Taft Community Correctional Facility (12/3/2009)
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California Men's Colony Inmate Walks-Away from Work Assignment (12/1/2009)
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Corrections Standards Authority Funds Proud Parenting Program (11/25/2009)
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Board of Parole Hearings Launches Web Page for Crime Victims (11/17/2009)
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CDCR Files Response to Federal Three Judge Panel on Prison Management Plan (11/12/2009)
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Coleman filing

CDCR Files Comprehensive Statewide Plan for Medical and Mental Health Beds in Response to Coleman Lawsuit (11/06/2009)
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Prison Plans for Chino Include Converting Former Juvenile Facility to House Adult Males (11/06/2009)
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DeWitt Nelson Facility

CDCR Finalizes Plan to Convert Former Juvenile Facility (11/06/2009)
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CDCR Family Foundations Program Significant in Reducing Recidivism (11/05/2009)
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Prisoners transferred out of state

CDCR Amends Contract to House More Inmates Outside of California (11/02/2009)
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Operation Boo Jack-O-Lantern

CDCR Conducts Halloween Sex Offender Checks During 17th Annual 'Operation Boo' (10/28/2009)
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CDCR to Close Three Community Correctional Facilities Due to Downward Trend in Low-Security Inmates: Move would save $15.2 million (10/26/2009)
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CDCR Sends Strike Team in Response to Serious Staff Assault in Mississippi Facility (10/22/2009)
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CDCR Asks Crime Victims to Register for New Automated Database to Keep them Better Informed about their Offenders (10/21/2009)
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CDCR Makes 35 Arrests from Sex Offender Compliance Checks at various summer fairs

CDCR Makes 35 Arrests from Sex Offender Compliance Checks at various summer fairs in California (10/21/2009)
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CDCR Agents Assist In Search For Escaped Inmate From Arizona State Hospital (10/20/2009)
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Substance Abuse Programs Reduce Recidivism - New Report Finds (10/07/2009)
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Bernard Warner, Chief Deputy Secretary for Juvenile Justice within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)

National Group Honors CDCR's Director of Juvenile Justice (10/05/2009)
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Education Superintendent Named For DJJ Schools (10/01/2009)
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Annual Report

CDCR Annual Report Now Available Online (10/01/2009)
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Susan Atkins

Inmate Susan Atkins Dies of Natural Causes (09/25/2009)
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Operation Eagle Eye

CDCR Adult Parole's "Operation Eagle Eye" Identifies Parolees, Sex Offenders at State, Local Fairs to Ensure Compliance (09/24/2009)
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CDCR Sends Layoff Letters to 1,443 Employees (09/23/2009)
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CIM Dedicates Officer Manuel Gonzalez JR. Memorial Highway With Ceremony (09/21/2009)
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California Submits Population Management Plan that Prioritizes Public Safety and Relieves overcrowding (09/18/2009)
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CDCR Reduces Offender Rehabilitation Programs (09/17/2009)
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Videotape Release: Actor Martin Sheen, Honorary Chair of Options Recovery Services, Visits Inmate Peer Alcohol and Drug Counselor Program at California State Prison, Solano (09/17/2009)
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Corrections Standards Authority Funds Local Anger Management, Youth Violence Prevention Training (09/16/2009)
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Susan Atkins

Parole Denied for Inmate Susan Atkins (09/02/2009)
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Secretary Cate issues statement

CDCR Secretary Issues Statement About Two Los Angeles Fire Department Firefighters Who Died in the Line of Duty (08/31/2009)
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Inmates Graduate from Peer Alcohol and Drug Counselor Program at California State Prison, Solano

Forty-Seven Lifer Inmates Graduate from Peer Alcohol and Drug Counselor Program at California State Prison, Solano (08/28/2009)
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CDCR Parole Agents Help Uncover 18-year-old Mystery Concerning Kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard (08/27/2009)
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DJJ Announces New Staffing Model and Consolidation of Youth to Control Costs - State's Largest Youth Correctional Facility, Heman G. Stark, to Close (08/27/2009)
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CDCR Uses GPS to Exclude Child Sex Offender Parolees from Attending California State Fair (08/25/2009)
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CDCR Secretary Matthew Cate

California declines offer to contract for Michigan prison beds (08/18/2009)
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California Institution for Men

UPDATE on August 8 Riot at California Institution for Men (08/11/2009)
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California Institution for Men

UPDATE On Aug. 8 Disturbance at the California Institution for Men (CIM) (08/09/2009)
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Major Prison Disturbance at the California Institution for Men (08/09/2009)
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CDCR Secretary Matthew Cate

CDCR Secretary Matthew Cate Statement on Lily Burk Tragedy (08/04/2009)
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ALERT

O.H. Close Youth Correctional Facility Re-opens to Visitors, Volunteers After Temporary Closure Due to H1N1 Virus (07/30/2009)
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H1N1

H1N1 Virus Closes O.H. Close Youth Correctional Facility to Visitors, Volunteers (07/23/2009)
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CDCR Suspends Expanded Third Day Visiting Program on Fridays Due to Budget Crisis and Furlough Impacts (07/15/2009)
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H1N1

Probable H1N1 Cases at San Quentin State Prison Limit Inmate Intake and Halt Transfers (07/08/2009)
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Get On The Bus for Father's Day

Hundreds of Children Visited Moms in Prison for Rescheduled 10th Annual 'Get on the Bus' Event (06/26/2009)
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Get On The Bus for Father's Day

Hundreds of Children Visit Dads in Prison for Father's Day 'Get on the Bus' Event (06/19/2009)
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INMATE PHILLIP SPECTOR PHOTO (06/10/2009)
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Honoring Youthful Parolees

Division of Juvenile Justice Honors Youthful Parolees (06/08/2009)
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Medal of Valor

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Honors Employees for Heroism, Outstanding Service at 25th Annual Medal of Valor Ceremony (05/14/2009)
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H1N1

Prison System Launches H1N1 Resource Page (05/12/2009)
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Firefighters

CDCR Youth Offender and Adult Inmate Firefighters
Deployed to Jesusita Fire (05/08/2009)
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H1N1

First CA Inmate H1N1 Influenza Case Confirmed (05/06/2009)
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H1N1

Prison System Diagnoses First Probable Case of Swine Flu (H1N1) Virus (05/03/2009)
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Public Review and Comment Open on Lethal Injection Regulations. (05/01/2009)
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Program Helps Female Parolees Stay Out of Prison (04/30/2009)
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California Prisons: Prepared for Disaster

California Prisons: Prepared for Disaster (04/23/2009)
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CDCR Strategic Offender Management System Project will Automate and Streamline Information Sharing (04/22/2009)
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X-Ray of cellphone inside inmate's body

Lawmakers Push to Criminalize Prison Cell Phone Smuggling as Problem Spreads (04/14/2009)
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Folsom Dam

California Prisons Reduce Water Consumption by 21 Percent Through Comprehensive Drought Response Plan (04/03/2009)
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Parolee, Lovelle Mixon

CDCR Undersecretary Scott Kernan Statement on OIG Review Confirming Parolee Mixon Handled Appropriately (03/25/2009)
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CSA Funding

Corrections Standards Authority Awards $100 Million in Funding for Six County Juvenile Offender Facilities (03/19/2009)
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Comio Awards

Council on Mentally Ill Offenders (COMIO) Announces Best Practices Awards (03/18/2009)
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Sara Jane Olson

Sara Jane Olson Released to Parole (03/17/2009)
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Innovative Marine Technology and Carpentry Programs Prepare Inmates for Successful Careers Post-Prison

Innovative Marine Technology and Carpentry Programs Prepare Inmates for Successful Careers Post-Prison (03/11/2009)
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CDCR to Discharge Deported Criminal Aliens to Federal Authorities (03/02/2009)
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Puppy Program

Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility Holds Pup Graduation (02/24/2009)
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Prison Inmates Graduate from Construction Training (02/10/2009)
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CDCR Secretary Matthew Cate Responds to Ruling in Three Judge Panel Inmate Release (02/09/2009)
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Academic and Vocational Education Programs Progress Report (02/03/2009)
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Gov. Schwarzenegger, and CDCR Announce Motion to End Federal Receivership (01/28/2009)
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CDCR Places Entire Sex Offender Parolee Population on GPS Monitoring (01/12/2009)
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