Author: Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR editor
Retired staff, current employees and wardens recently gathered to celebrate five decades of public service at Sierra Conservation Center.
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Those training as fire crews at Sierra Conservation Center (SCC) can trace the program’s roots to 1915 highway camps and the state’s...
Read More About Highway camps paved way for Sierra Conservation Center
Training incarcerated men in aircraft engine repair at Deuel Vocational Institution (DVI) can trace the program’s history to World War...
The California Medical Facility flag was lowered to half-staff Aug. 17, 2015, to honor Correctional Officer Albert “Al” Patch, killed...
Read More About CMF marks 35 years since Officer Al Patch killed
Former department Director CA “Cal” Terhune passed away July 31, 2015, according to CDCR officials. He was 86.
After two CDCR employees were stricken with heart attacks, one CDCR division decided to offer tools to help: CPR training.
Surrounded by pastures, nestled just outside the small northern California town of Galt, sits the Richard A. McGee Correctional Training...
Read More About Correctional Training Center was once a Catholic seminary
Since July 1, youth offenders like 17-year-old Andrew potentially faced being transferred to a Level III (high security) prison based...
Read More About Youth Offender Program steers teens away from adult prison
On a recent warm summer day, employees at Sierra Conservation Center gathered to crack open a time capsule that had...
Read More About SCC time capsule links past, present and future
Explore the history of Correctional Training Facility (CTF) at Soledad. Built in 1946 to ease overcrowding at San Quentin State...