Author: Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR editor
Retired Chief of Institution Services/Associate Warden William Burke Anderson, Bill or Andy to family and friends, passed away Dec. 26,...
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There was little difference in clothing worn by custody staff and inmates during the 1850s at San Quentin. Over the...
Governor Gavin Newsom on Jan. 21 announced the appointment of Sandra Uribe as assistant secretary for legislative affairs at the...
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As CDCR moves even more toward a model of restorative justice and rehabilitation, a healing-focused nonprofit is bringing together people...
On Dec. 20, 2019, the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison at Corcoran (SATF) celebrated the reopening of two...
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From Dec. 10-12, 2019, the Division of Rehabilitative Programs (DRP) hosted its statewide conference at the Richard A. McGee Correctional...
Anthony Ammons was 16 years old when he took a life and earned a sentence of 102 years-to-life in prison...
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CDCR and California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) have completed their second successful year in the Government Alliance for Race...
A late 1870s report by the State Board of Health included a section on the conditions at San Quentin State...
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Pamela Thompson came to prison in 1995 with a life term as a third-striker. She never thought she would get...