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Parole agent helps others navigate their way home

Meet Parole Agent III Martin Figueroa, who has dedicated his career to helping others on their journey back home. Figueroa,...

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Music therapy at California Medical Facility

Music plays an important rehabilitative role in many CDCR programs. At California Medical Facility (CMF), the Psychiatric Inpatient Program has...

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Special Agent Karen Mory shatters preconceptions

For a quarter century, Special Agent Karen Mory has worked to dismantle preconceptions and stereotypes in her own life as...

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CMF marks 35 years since Officer Al Patch killed

The California Medical Facility flag was lowered to half-staff Aug. 17, 2015, to honor Correctional Officer Albert “Al” Patch, killed...

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