Author: Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR editor
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 fire crews carry heavy packs and equipment under the baking sun....
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"Twenty years ago, the only place you would see a female in a male prison was in an office behind...
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The Special Olympics organization holds special meaning for Christopher Tileston, a correctional administrator at California Medical Facility. It’s why he...
"Folsom recently hired the department's first full-time women firefighters. Marianne Breeland and Kathy Williams, both former correctional officers, transferred to...
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"As he left the stands at the conclusion of San Quentin's seventeenth annual field and track meet, Warden James B....