Author: Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR editor
As Registered Nurse Justin Hobgood was on his way to work at California Institution for Women in the early morning...
In 1855, rumors regarding mismanagement of the state prison at Point San Quentin caused alarm with state lawmakers. California was...
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One of the early correctional officers at the state's two prisons survived an attack by a notorious inmate, helped track...
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A 1950 departmental manual condenses training into 20 pages. The manual’s introduction, written by Director of Corrections Richard A. McGee,...
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A typical drive home was anything but for Folsom State Prison Sgt. Jesse Camp. Shortly after midnight, while driving his...
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A veteran of multiple wars was one of the early correctional staff at what would eventually become San Quentin State...
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The annual Guns and Hoses charity football game recognized a Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp crew during a 2019 ceremony....
When a CDCR employee asked about ancestor Joseph Munz, who was incarcerated at San Quentin in 1904, Inside CDCR did...
When the Camp Fire scorched large swaths of Butte County in November, one parole agent went above the usual call...
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A Santa Rosa health retreat was the scene of an explosion Feb. 5, 1910, when a mother and her 9-month-old...
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