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 June 12, the organization announced the two winners of the scholarship award. First place went to Cheyenne Campbell, daughter...
Read More About Corcoran prison staff award scholarships to college‑bound teens
When Mule Creek State Prison Correctional Officer Perlita Cartago, who also leads a Girl Scout troop, read Agent Karen Mory's...
Prison staff – custody and non-custody – lead the same lives as their neighbors when not inside the walls. They...
Read More About Correctional officers, employees keep Mule Creek prison on task
In her day job, Nashea Jackson receives, assesses and routes public records act requests. It's an important job for the...
When Health Program Specialist Teresa McCord isn't at her day job at Mule Creek State Prison, she can usually be...
Read More About MCSP employee expands horizons with student exchange
For Glenn Robinson, nature photography helps him connect with the world around him while achieving some internal balance.
Read More About Nature photography helps CDCR employee maintain work‑life balance
Through the “Bigs with Badges” program, Sgt. Vanessa Melendez and her husband, Lt. Chance Andes, have been matched with two...
Read More About CDCR officers help at‑risk kids in ‘Big’ way
Correctional Officer Jose Andrade walks the toughest beat in the state and soon could be walking the runway after signing...
Read More About SAC officer signs with modeling, acting agency
Sgt. Andrea Tuntakit of Avenal State Prison achieves what seems impossible to some – a good balance of work, family...
Read More About Avenal sergeant balances work, family, fitness
For a quarter century, Special Agent Karen Mory has worked to dismantle preconceptions and stereotypes in her own life as...
Read More About Special Agent Karen Mory shatters preconceptions