Author: Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR editor
The K-9 program, part of CDCR’s dogged efforts to keep narcotics and contraband out of state institutions, was pioneered by...
California Medical Facility (CMF) reported the passing of Correctional K-9 Sergeant Brian Pyle on Sept. 29, 2017.
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When John Bennett began his correctional career in 1977, movie audiences were watching "Star Wars" and "Smokey and the Bandit."...
The first parole agents to graduate a revamped rehabilitation-focused 10-week academy will be taking up their new duties, and they...
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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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