Author: Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR editor
In 1951, a young man named Alfredo Santos was busted for dealing heroin, earning him a stint at San Quentin...
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Folsom Correctional Officer Lyle Herman, Jr., died June 29, 1988, after suffering head injuries when he intervened during a robbery.
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A popular 1958 television game show featured San Quentin Warden Fred Dickson as one of the contestants. In “To Tell...
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Superintendent Roland Wood forged a revolutionary program in 1962 at California Rehabilitation Center (CRC), treating drug addicts as patients rather...
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Over 320 incarcerated firefighters from five camps gathered at Eel River Conservation Camp #31 in mid-May 2017 to prepare for...
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CDCR's Office of Correctional Safety (OCS) assisted in a predawn anti-gang sweep, seizing the largest amount of firearms in Merced...
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Two off-duty CDCR employees, Curtiss Ursenbach and Rory Taylor, recently saved a neighbor who stopped breathing.
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The California Medical Facility (CMF) bike project was recently recognized for its positive impact on student attendance at local schools.
Archibald Yell, the new warden at Folsom State Prison, sought to stop contraband, improve job prospects for the incarcerated population,...
Trudging through thick brush and powdery red dirt, incarcerated firefighters carried heavy packs and equipment under the baking sun. This...
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