Author: Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR editor
Todd Boone, a retired correctional officer, passed away July 2, 2025. He worked for the department for 14 years. Boone...
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Female Community Reentry Program (FCRP) Stockton participants are learning job skills while helping the less fortunate at the Good Samaritan...
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Families visiting their incarcerated loved ones over the Fourth of July holiday weekend were treated to some special events at...
Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla is celebrating a successful life-saving blood drive held in late May. “A special...
A letter penned by a man serving time at San Quentin (SQ) in 1915 describes how the institution observed Fourth...
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The Correctional Training Facility (CTF) at Soledad hosted early Independence Day festivities for staff and their families on July 2....
Thanks to early prison road construction camps, incarcerated crews connected communities with parks across the state. Much like CALFIRE/CDCR conservation...
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The mural project at California Institution for Women (CIW) is brightening the institution while providing a rehabilitative outlet for the...
Puerta La Cruz Conservation Camp 14 in Warner Springs became the first camp to successfully graduate a firefighter training program....
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At Sierra Conservation Center (SCC) in Jamestown, incarcerated mentors seek to transform lives inside as well as beyond the facility....
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