Law Enforcement Operations Archives

Drugs seized during search warrant are laid out on table.

Thanks to hard work of investigators at Pelican Bay State Prison, other CDCR staff, and outside law enforcement partners, seized...

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CDCR Secretary Ralph Diaz attends a meeting of the Transgender Housing and Search Workgroup.

Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 132, The Transgender Respect, Agency and Dignity Act, legislation that will allow incarcerated transgender,...

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Deuel Vocational Institution aerial view.

Today, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced the closure of Deuel Vocational Institution (DVI) in Tracy. The...

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CDCR parole and Special Services Unit agents assisted numerous federal, state, city and county agencies shutdown a deadly fentanyl distribution...

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CDCR officers gather at CSP-Los Angeles County to conduct cell searches.

Across the state, CDCR officials work to prevent gang-related criminal activity in the state's correctional institutions. One such effort involved...

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Compliance searches were conducted in the cities of Hanford, Lemoore and Corcoran earlier this year. The searches were to ensure...

Read More About Kings County parole compliance sweep nets guns and drugs