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.
In early December, Correctional Training Center staff teamed up with Cosumnes Fire and other local agencies to participate in Heroes...
Dannion “DJ” Cunning is one of many CDCR and CCHCS volunteers who put on the Santa suit to spread holiday...
When 218 cadets graduated from the Academy earlier this month, one family added to their generations of public service with...
After logging 36 years of state service, Walter Mazza stepped into a new role: retirement. Without fanfare or spectacle, the...
Read More About A Year Later: Mazza talks 36 years of service
Lieutenant Jonathan "Jon" Sieberg is the Administrative Assistant/Public Information Officer (AA/PIO) at High Desert State Prison (HDSP). Lt. Sieberg served in the...
As the nation prepares to observe Veterans Day, Inside CDCR caught up with Lt. Norma Verduzco, an Army veteran and...
Lucia Lopez, Assistant Classification & Parole Representative, donned her uniform for the Peace Officer Memorial Run in early October.
Read More About In uniform, Lopez represents at Peace Officer Memorial Run
In his off-time, SATF Lieutenant Manuel "Manny" Martinez finds work-life balance at Woodlake High School as their new head football...
After surviving a breast cancer battle, Michele Taylor, a retired annuitant, has an appreciation for October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Read More About For Taylor, breast cancer awareness is personal
For over two decades, Correctional Officer Michael "Mike" Webb has helped CDCR fulfill its mission. As the General Population Entrance...