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.
In honor of National Social Workers Month, we celebrate the impactful work of medical social workers like Kenneth Langill and...
California Institution for Men (CIM) recently honored the memory of Correctional Officer Manuel “Manny” Gonzalez, slain in the line of...
Tiffany Orff, a vocational welding instructor, is shaping futures and igniting hope at the Correctional Training Facility (CTF) at Soledad....
Among the recent 142 graduating correctional officers stood Myrna Hernandez, clad in her crisp new uniform. Hernandez was stepping into...
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California Correctional Institution (CCI) in Tehachapi held their first-ever promotional ceremony Feb. 21. Custody and non-custody staff were invited to...
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CDCR welcomed 142 new correctional officers after graduating the academy at the Richard A. McGee Correctional Training Center in Galt...
For three years, a San Quentin Rehabilitation Center administrator has organized a potluck to celebrate Black History Month. To learn...
CDCR institutions showed staff appreciation through a shared love of football. California State Prison, Corcoran, grilled burgers and hotdogs for...
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On Valentine’s Day, nursing facility residents were surprised with cards, roses, and kind words from Ironwood State Prison (ISP) staff....
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When Clinical Psychologist Andrea Lackovic ends her workday, she goes from serving people to helping medically challenged dogs. At Behavioral...