Author: Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR editor

Kern Valley State Prison staff at the Stomp Out Suicide Walk in Bakersfield.

Kern Valley staff helping Stomp Out Suicide

Joining forces with county organizations, Kern Valley State Prison in Delano took part in the annual Stomp Out Suicide Walk....

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Taylor Swift fans who are serving life sentences at High Desert State Prison in Susanville, California, have formed a self-help group and are shown sitting in a semi-circle inside the prison.

Taylor Swift fans find hope while serving life sentences

Those serving life sentences at High Desert State Prison in Susanville are finding hope and inspiration through the songs of...

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Honoring 9/11 at the memorial in Clovis.

CDCR events honor lives lost Sept. 11, 2001

CDCR, CCHCS events across California honor lives lost Sept. 11, 2001. From walks and music to art, events united staff...

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High school football players.

Mule Creek fundraising benefits community

The Mule Creek State Prison Community Resource Office hosts numerous fundraising opportunities for the incarcerated population with food sales being...

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Salinas Valley State Prison held their first reentry resource fair for the incarcerated population.

Salinas Valley hosts first reentry resource fair

Salinas Valley State Prison at Soledad successfully held their first reentry resource fair Aug. 28-30, representing a step toward new...

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Intramural basketball game at RJD with incarcerated people playing the game in a gymnasium.

First intramural basketball game at RJ Donovan

RJ Donovan Correctional Facility held their first competitive intramural basketball game. Two Level II non-designated programming facilities, D and E,...

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A family visiting their incarcerated loved one at Mule Creek State Prison on Labor Day weekend for a luau themed event.

Labor Day luau hosted by Mule Creek visiting

Thanks to Mule Creek State Prison visiting staff and the family council, Labor Day weekend was made special by adding...

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Correctional Officer Stephanie Graff obituary featured image.

Stephanie Graff, correctional officer, passes away

Stephanie Graff, a correctional officer at California Correctional Institution at Tehachapi, passed away Sept. 7, 2024. Officer Graff started her...

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Four San Quentin Rehabilitation Center staff members, one holding a baby, on a tour of Alcatraz prison.

San Quentin staff tour infamous Alcatraz prison

Thanks to the generosity of a park ranger, 50 tickets to tour Alcatraz were offered to San Quentin Rehabilitation Center...

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Three incarcerated artists who painted a palliative care mural are shown with the CHCF warden and one of the dogs in the program called Canine Companions.

CHCF unveils palliative care mural

Stockton’s California Health Care Facility (CHCF) staff joined the incarcerated population and outside stakeholders to unveil the palliative care mural...

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