Author: Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR editor
At Sierra Conservation Center (SCC) in Jamestown, incarcerated mentors seek to transform lives inside as well as beyond the facility....
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CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety’s (OCS) Fugitive Apprehension Team (FAT) and Criminal Intelligence and Analysis Unit (CIAU) recently tracked down...
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The California Institution for Women (CIW) correctional food manager praised culinary staff and incarcerated crews for their Juneteenth culinary creations....
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Inside CDCR published more than 60 stories in June 2025 and this Weekender Digest looks back at the month. We...
This year’s selection for Officer of the Year at Sierra Conservation Center (SCC) was Correctional Counselor James “Bobby” Wilson III....
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San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (SQ) announced the June 21, 2025, passing of Case Records Technician Autherine Canada. Canada started her...
Lucy Simper, information technology specialist with CDCR’s Enterprise Information Services (EIS), passed away June 26, 2025. According to her office,...
Diana McVay-Boswell, a retired correctional counselor, passed away June 20, 2025. McVay-Boswell began her career with the department in 1989...
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The incarcerated population at California State Prison, Los Angeles County (LAC), is learning to heal through art. “Art has been...
Scott Sabicer, a longtime CDCR photographer and TV director, has retired after more than 20 years with CDCR. Sabicer began...