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Mountain Oaks Adult Education Center (MOAEC), a program serving incarcerated students in California Medical Facility (CMF), was recognized as a California Distinguished School in a celebration Tuesday, Dec. 5.
An innovative California Rehabilitation Center (CRC) adult school has been named a “Distinguished School” by CDCR. The school provides incarcerated people with a wide-range of opportunities, including access to college courses, basic literacy instruction and career skill development.
The first-of-its-kind Distinguished Schools (DS) initiative was unveiled to recognize exemplary academic achievements within CDCR’s adult schools.
The Mountain Oaks Adult Education Center, operating inside California Medical Facility), has earned distinction as an innovator committed to excellence in correctional education. Mountain Oaks serves students of all academic and physical abilities.
In August 2020, eight incarcerated students from California Rehabilitation Center (CRC) in Norco began their journey toward earning a Bachelor of Art (BA) degree from Pitzer College. And if offering a bachelor’s degree program inside a prison isn’t challenging enough, the COVID-19 pandemic took away the option of doing face-to-face classes and necessitated a shift to virtual learning – also very challenging inside a state prison.
Funding opportunities outside of the California budget made it possible for CDCR leaders and policy makers to visit correctional systems in Norway and Ukraine in the second half of 2019.
When Governor Gavin Newsom introduced his new vision for corrections in California and encouraged coding students at OH Close Youth Correctional Facility to “learn from, don’t follow others,” he set the stage for a significant year of change at CDCR.
The legend of Gold Rush era bandit Rattlesnake Dick, aka Richard Barter, is full of speculation and guesswork. If he hadn’t served time at San Quentin with rougher, older criminals, would his life have been different? Unlocking History takes a look.