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.
At High Desert State Prison in Susanville, a 20-year correctional officer is using the California Model to break down barriers.
Valley State Prison's new Chief Nurse Executive Alicia Garcia-Cisneros is an example of the American Dream. As the daughter of...
Read More About Meet Alicia Garcia‑Cisneros, Chief Nurse Executive
California State Prison, Solano, (SOL) honored Gregory Meeks as the institution’s Officer of the Year. The Rotary Clubs of Solano...
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Mark Martinez, an Investigative Services Unit K-9 Officer with High Desert State Prison, was honored by the American Legion. “It...
Inspired by the California Model, CEO Todd Murray and Abe, his Labradoodle, are spreading joy at High Desert State Prison....
The annual Fay Honey Knopp Award was presented to a CDCR senior psychologist by the California Coalition on Sexual Offending.
CDCR and CCHCS staff gave thanks while also pitching in to help the community during Thanksgiving, delivering food to those...
Two Ironwood State Prison K-9 teams competed in the Riverside County Sheriff's Department K-9 Trials placing first overall and third...
Read More About Ironwood teams place in Riverside K‑9 Trials
CDCR Division of Adult Parole Operations agent Vivian Miramontes shares a glimpse of her daily routine and the complex tasks...
Burgers and meals showed staff appreciation at Correctional Training Facility (CTF), thanks to management and the Employee Action Committee.