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.
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...
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Amber Whitford, a longtime CDCR employee, finds comedy in work, life and even unseen disabilities.
North Kern State Prison (NKSP) saw two Santa volunteers this year: a correctional officer and a recently retired sergeant. Behind...
For over two decades, Deputy Press Secretary Terry Thornton has been the calming voice on the phone for reporters, editors...
Darius Galloway, a sergeant at Salinas Valley State Prison, is behind multiple charitable projects in the community. During the holidays,...
For the first time, California State Prison-Solano hosted a tree-lighting ceremony for staff, complete with a sergeant dressed as Santa,...