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.
Associate Director (AD) Bryan Phillips received the Custody Medical Liaison Award during a recent health care conference. The award was...
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California State Prison (CSP) Solano staff were seeing gold last week thanks to golden retriever therapy dogs. The dogs, part...
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Editor’s note: In honor of World AIDS Day, Inside CDCR caught up with George Beatty, a physician and surgeon with...
CDCR and CCHCS staff and the incarcerated population are making a difference in the community and the institution. Thanks to...
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The 2025 Our Promise State Employees Charitable Campaign runs through Nov. 30. Campaign chairs Jonathan Knyff of CCHCS and Martina...
The Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison at Corcoran (SATF) held their second staff Barbecue Brawl competition. Despite rain,...
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The Our Promise 2025 campaign recently kicked off at CDCR and CCHCS headquarters in Elk Grove. The Our Promise: State...
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The San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (SQRC) Honor Guard paid respect to Stephen Tennell, a retired sergeant, during a Nov. 1...
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Through runs, community events, solemn ceremonies and parades, CDCR and CCHCS staff honored military veterans across California. Veterans Day, observed...
This year, Kern Valley State Prison celebrated its 20-year anniversary. Activated June 2005, Kern Valley State Prison in Delano is...
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