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.
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,...
For nearly a decade, Sergeant Scott Cupp has put on the Santa suit to help distribute gifts at local schools,...
When his community lost a longtime Santa, Inside CDCR editor Don Chaddock chose to help fill the void by donning...
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