Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR editor, Author at Inside CDCR

A Gold Rush-era doctor became the first prison physician at San Quentin when offenders were still kept on ships. It...

An 1874 report by the state prison investigative committee details rehabilitation efforts, lists a typical mess hall menu and describes...

When Health Program Specialist Teresa McCord isn't at her day job at Mule Creek State Prison, she can usually be...

Captain of the Yard Archibald McAllister earned the respect of the incarcerated at San Quentin then went on to serve...

Take a closer look at the unsolved murder of Ah Yee, a popular merchant in the late 1800s. More than...

While the state created the prison matron position in 1885, job roles didn't expand until the suffrage movement.

Jean "Bessie" Barclay, daughter of a prominent attorney, found life for women in the early 1900s limiting and stifling. Bucking...

A woman sent to San Quentin in 1905 managed to turn her life around, later finding herself in a position...

For Glenn Robinson, nature photography helps him connect with the world around him while achieving some internal balance.

In 1914, the effort to reform the two state prisons and further inmate rehabilitation. One of the first priorities was...

Author: Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR editor