Author: Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR editor
Revisit this 1987 story originally published in Correction News. -- When Daniel J. McCarthy first became a correctional officer in...
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Avenal State Prison raised $1,282 with a bake sale fundraiser benefiting Special Olympics of Northern California. The event featured baked...
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Meet Juliet Gomez, a Psychiatric Technician at CSP-Sacramento. "Throughout my career, I don't know how many times I've been asked,...
Rodney Rodriguez and his team from Fresno Skateboard Salvage donated 44 incarcerated artists' painted skateboards to some very appreciative kids...
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Pleasant Valley State Prison Warden (A) R. Godwin, Community Resource Manager J. Bragg and Custody Captain J. Lopez teamed up...
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Since establishing the state prison system in the 1850s, good-hearted neighbors have voluntarily stepped inside to help the incarcerated population....
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CDCR has embarked on an innovative program to help remove barriers for those in our care. Reduced and free telephone...
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Four activity groups of incarcerated people at Calipatria State Prison sponsored a food sale, generating $28,290 for five local charities....
The family reported the passing of retired Psychiatric Technician Antoinette "Ann" Block. She passed away Dec. 9, 2020.
Sierra Conservation Center reported the passing of retired Correctional Sergeant Ignacio Alaniz II. He passed away Jan. 1, 2021.
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