Author: Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR editor
As inmates assembled in the gymnasiums and visiting area, seats were quickly filled and attention was brought to the front...
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In a state as large and diverse as California, one day can unite many: Taco Tuesday. With that in mind,...
Visiting has been an important part of rehabilitation, allowing offenders to continue family connections while incarcerated. The experience for friends...
Read More About Prison visiting has long played rehabilitative role
California Correctional Institution (CCI) recently held its first golf tournament at the Rio Bravo Country Club in Bakersfield. Inspired after...
Read More About CCI staff holds first golf tourney to benefit kids
Since her release, a mother of six has been working with a large construction firm in Southern California.
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On May 30, Wasco State Prison-Reception Center held a carnival to thank the staff for their hard work and dedication.
While the main focus of Inside CDCR is the employees, the site is a public-facing webpage. Stories, photos or videos...
Correctional Counselor Charles Esguerra has been working for the department for 12 years. For five years he has made it...
Through May's Relay for Life and April's Walk-a-Thon, Wasco prison staff and inmates raised money and awareness for cancer and...
Read More About Walking Wasco prison staff, inmates raise $22,000 to fight cancer
Ironwood State Prison Warden Neil McDowell and Marina Birdsong, President of prison's employee association, presented Palo Verde High School and...