Beyond the Badge
In Beyond the Badge, we highlight CDCR employees and retirees, their careers and efforts to achieve work-life balance through hobbies, volunteering and community involvement.
Not only is Ronald De Jesus passionate about his daily duties as a Correctional Officer at California Health Care Facility...
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Lt. Jason Anderson has worked for CDCR for more than two decades. After suffering two strokes, he made a decision...
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For more than two decades, Brian Coates has worked for the department. Currently, he's Associate Warden for CDCR's Contract Bed...
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Educator C. Robert Moore found a creative way to balance life with the pressures of work. Using his storytelling talent...
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Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp (PGYCC) Correctional Supervising Cook Barbara Moreau helps feed fire crews and those who stay behind...
Read More About Supervising Cook Barbara Moreau keeps crews fed at Pine Grove camp
When Correctional Officer Dustin Stegall isn't fulfilling CDCR's mission of maintaining public safety, he steps into the role of rescuer....
Read More About Correctional Officer Dustin Stegall volunteers to rescue others
When the novel coronavirus hit, a team of CDCR employees got to work making masks. Dr. Ashley Massimino, psychologist at...
Read More About California Rehabilitation Center psychologist and volunteers sew masks
For nearly seven years, Correctional Officer Jason Williams has helped fulfill CRCR’s public safety mission at California State Prison, Sacramento....
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CDCR's rehabilitative mission resonated with Douglas Crenshaw, a recently retired lieutenant from Avenal State Prison.
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CDCR employees have sewn masks, donated personal protective equipment to hospitals and assisted non-profit organizations struggling during the pandemic. When...
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