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.
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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In honor of January as National Glaucoma Awareness Month, CCHCS is recognizing the hard work of staff committed to eye...
When Megan Wilding graduated the Basic Parole Agent Academy, she was cheered on by her retired parole agent parents. She...
Editor’s note: Before the recent Basic Correctional Officer Academy graduation, Inside CDCR caught up with a cadet to discuss her...
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Tiffany Orff, a vocational welding instructor at the Correctional Training Facility at Soledad, is breaking barriers while inspiring the next...
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