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.
Valley State Prison (VSP) staff were recently treated to breakfast with some special guests: horses, thanks to Equine Assisted Learning.
In honor of Black History Month, Inside CDCR spoke with Guim'Mara Berry, the first African American woman to hold the...
Read More About Berry is SQ’s first African American woman PIO
In honor of Black History Month, CDCR's Peace Officer Selection and Employee Development celebrates two academy sergeants who have spent...
Read More About Lomax, Porter have guided cadets for 30 years
Brothers in family are now brothers in badge after Lorenzo Duenas graduated with Academy Class 1-23A, joining older sibling Gilbert...
Two decades ago, Miguel Morales became a CDCR correctional officer, forging a career path followed by four of his other...
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr, CDCR recruitment teams joined thousands of community members at the March for the...
For 50 years, Steve Tyllesen has helped CDCR fulfill its mission. He began as a correctional officer, worked through the...
High Desert State Prison (HDSP) Chaplain Joseph McLachlan recently attended The Mass of Beatification of Pope John Paul I at...
While Ken Chappelle may be retiring as an academy instructor, he will continue being of service as a volunteer with...
Read More About Retiring academy instructor is volunteer chaplain
Amber Whitford, a longtime CDCR employee, finds comedy in work, life and even unseen disabilities.