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 nearly seven years, Correctional Officer Jason Williams has helped fulfill CRCR’s public safety mission at California State Prison, Sacramento....
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CDCR's rehabilitative mission resonated with Douglas Crenshaw, a recently retired lieutenant from Avenal State Prison.
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To help reinforce physical distancing, TV Specialist Hugh Neely is crafting a web series called “Spooky Stories …to Keep You...
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CDCR employees often open their wallets and hearts to those in need. For one family, they also opened their home...
A mother-son team, both employed at California Institution Men (CIM), have turned on their home sewing machines to make masks...
Jessica Lieland, a physician's assistant at North Kern State Prison, is swapping scrubs for a military uniform. On Tuesday, April...
Folsom Women’s Facility Licensed Vocational Nurse Laura Nunes saw the supply shortage and took it upon herself to make a...
Dedicated staff providing essential care inside CDCR facilities are celebrated daily, but especially during National Nurses Week.It’s why institution leadership...
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A 19th century literary figure serves as inspiration for Northern California native B. Clay Shannon, a CDCR Case Records Analyst....
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San Quentin State Prison is the oldest state correctional facility in California and Richard "Dick" Nelson has made it his...
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