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.
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...
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (SQ) staff honored a fallen police officer’s memory by taking part in an annual memorial run....
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In 1977, John “Cowboy” Bennett became a correctional officer at California Institution for Men (CIM) but after 47 years, he...
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When Allied forces liberated the Auschwitz Holocaust concentration camp, the day went down in history, particularly for one staff member....
CDCR recruiters honored the memory of civil rights leader Martin Luther King by walking in the 43rd annual March for...
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