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 honor of Human Resources (HR) Professionals Day, Inside CDCR caught up with Laura Harvick, Assistant Deputy Director of HR...
Read More About From Volunteer to Leader: Meet Laura Harvick, HR professional
The Mule Creek State Prison Employees Association brought the community together in vibrant fashion with a staff appreciation weekend. The...
When a friend suggested a correctional institution nursing career, Dawn Freeman hesitated as correctional health care was unknown territory. What...
Read More About Dawn Freeman leads with compassion in recovery care
Staff at the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (SATF) and State Prison at Corcoran honored first responders lost during the Sept....
Read More About SATF staff honor fallen first responders for Sept. 11
A special staff appreciation barbecue was recently held at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center for the Business Services team. The Sept....
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Region III is embracing the team atmosphere in the Bakersfield Regional Office. In January 2025, CDCR and California Correctional Health...
Read More About Region III DAI, DRP, CCHCS embrace team atmosphere
Pleasant Valley State Prison’s (PVSP) Employee Action Committee has been hard at work fundraising to help boost staff morale. Thanks...
It all began at conference in 2023, where the newly appointed Director of the Division of Adult Parole Operations (DAPO)...
Read More About Meet the Division of Adult Parole Operations Honor Guard
Through supply drives, CDCR and CCHCS staff are helping children go back to school across California. When more submissions are...
John Berge, a teacher’s aide at California Institution for Men (CIM), knows something about incarceration since he was once incarcerated...