Obituaries
Obituaries are tributes to staff and retirees who have passed away.
Retired Correctional Officer Louis Britz passed away Jan. 30, 2023. He started his career at the Basic Correctional Officer Academy...
Correctional Officer Aaron Hodges passed away Jan. 25, 2023. He began his CDCR career in June 2014. He worked at...
Retired Correctional Counselor II Robert LeRoy Pope passed away Jan. 11, 2023, in Riverside. According to his family, he was...
Correctional Officer Eduardo Arreola, 38, passed away Jan. 24, 2023. He began his CDCR career in October 2016 at the...
Retired Maintenance Mechanic Kenneth Ray Ellison passed away Jan. 23, 2023. Ellison began his CDCR career as a Painter II...
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In 2005, Correctional Officer Manuel Gonzalez was stabbed to death while on duty at California Institution for Men (CIM). To...
Michael McIntire, a retired correctional officer, passed away Jan. 14, 2023. He began his CDCR career in October 2006 at...
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Correctional Officer Gustavo Aguirre-Casas passed away Jan. 14, 2023. After graduating the Basic Correctional Officer Academy in Galt, he reported...
Shelley Cassingham, a Licensed Vocational Nurse at California Correctional Institution (CCI), passed away Dec. 21, 2022.
Jose Cortez, a retired Associate Warden, passed away Dec. 26, 2022. He began his correctional career in 1987 at CRC,...