CDCR Time Capsule
Much like opening a time capsule, these CDCR stories are reprinted from their original sources. Explore the history of CDCR as written at the time.
"Folsom recently hired the department's first full-time women firefighters. Marianne Breeland and Kathy Williams, both former correctional officers, transferred to...
Read More About 1989: First full‑time women firefighters hired in department
"As he left the stands at the conclusion of San Quentin's seventeenth annual field and track meet, Warden James B....
A 1921 Folsom Prison inspection report, penned by Agent AC Jensen, landed on the Inside CDCR desk. Photographs and detailed...
This 1967-68 departmental Progress Report outlined numerous shifts in managing the state's prison system including a new family visiting program...
The department's biennial report dated 1959-1960 outlined the new facility coming online at California Men's Colony. This document provides a...
Read More About 1960: New facility at California Men’s Colony
A job description for a Correctional Officer in the 1950s included pay scale and information on the examination. The position...
Read More About 1957: Correctional Officer job duties, pay described
In 2003, the department had three institutions using dogs to sniff out contraband. Learn more about the first K-9s --...
Read More About 2003: For these four‑legged employees, work is always fun
Meet Correctional Officer Mike Begley, a 14-year San Quentin veteran and a man of few words, who is the desk...
Read More About 2002: San Quentin officer keeps death row running smoothly
Revisit this 2002 story on Folsom Prison teacher Linda Nielsen. It was originally published as part of the Day in...
Editor’s note: David “Dutch” Van Dalsem, a former correctional officer who founded a group for movie extras, died in July...
Read More About Retired officer founded group for movie extras