Community Involvement
CDCR is committed to community involvement at all levels, from fundraising for nonprofit causes and leading parades to attending community events.
Staff volunteers from CCI, CIM, CVSP, SATF, CSP-Solano, COR, Contract Beds Unit and NKSP focused on making the holidays a...
Read More About Staff make holidays brighter for those in need
After some coworkers lost children to terminal illnesses, the staff at RJD was moved to take action. At CCC, employees...
Read More About Caring for kids: RJD, CCC support children through charity
From the northern state to the southern border with Mexico, correctional staff across California are volunteering to raise funds to...
Read More About CDCR staff volunteer to raise money for Special Olympics
Every year, CDCR inmates assigned to CALFIRE fire crews at Alder Conservation Camp #20 in the Humboldt Del Norte Unit...
Read More About Alder Conservation Camp inmates craft 486 toys for Santa’s Workshop
Parole Agents F. Thor and J. Castro were invited as guest mentors to attend Clovis Unified School District Student Success...
Read More About Parole agents mentor Clovis high school students
CDCR inmates who participate in California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA) programs are giving back to various crime victims’ support groups...
Valley State Prison (VSP) held its first Suicide Prevention events during the fall -- one for staff and one for...
Talking turkeys, there were 214 birds donated from California Correctional Health Care Services, 182 for the Division of Adult Institutions,...
Read More About Thanksgiving sees staff helping community; over 400 turkeys donated
Nine officers from CDCR spent a recent Sunday morning completing the Peace Officer Memorial Run in full uniform.
Read More About CDCR officers run in full uniform to honor fallen
Ironwood State Prison's (ISP) third annual Cancer Walk around the outer perimeter of the institution drew 150 volunteer walkers. As...