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.
Troy Tenhet, associate superintendent for the Office of Correctional Education (OCE), knows exactly when he found his calling. After a...
Read More About Meet Troy Tenhet, OCE associate superintendent
While a game of dominoes or an art project may look like recreation, to Recreation Therapist Megan Waters, these structured...
Read More About Meet Megan Waters: Turning recreation into rehabilitation
Kern Valley State Prison held its quarterly staff promotion ceremony to celebrate multiple career advancements including eight custody and six...
For Associate Warden (AW) Delinia Lewis, Black History Month holds special meaning as a woman of color who has risen...
Read More About Black History Month holds special meaning for AW Lewis
For CDCR Special Agent Albert Franco, an upcoming cycling ride holds special meaning: honoring the memory of Parole Agent Joshua...
At California State Prison, Los Angeles County (LAC), Vera Valdivia-Abdallah brings the same perseverance to her role in education that carries her...
Read More About Meet Vera Valdivia‑Abdallah, assistant principal
For 18 years, Academy Administrator Breann Cantu has helped the department fulfill its public safety mission. She began in 2008...
High Desert State Prison (HDSP) in Susanville celebrated their second promotional ceremony recognizing individual achievements of those staff members advancing...
Read More About High Desert holds second promotional ceremony
Two years after father, husband and parole agent Joshua Byrd took the field at the Guns and Hoses football game,...
Read More About Guns and Hoses 2026 honors Parole Agent Byrd
CDCR and CCHCS staff joined thousands for the 44th annual MLK365 March for the Dream at Sacramento City College on...