Rehabilitation
From learning job skills to earning diplomas, rehabilitation is a cornerstone of the department.
The national non-profit Freedom Reads has partnered with CDCR to open Freedom Libraries at Valley State Prison (VSP) and Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla.
The Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone returned to San Quentin's Catholic Chapel to celebrate the traditional Christmas Eve Mass for the first...
Deanna Sutherland, an academic coach with CDCR's Office of Correctional Education (OCE), has been selected to visit Rwanda as part...
The first episode of season 2 of the CDCR podcast is all about educational technology. Dr. Lynne Ruvalcaba with the...
The California State Prison, Sacramento (SAC), Actors’ Gang Prison Project group performed for their families in December. The presentation allowed...
Throughout 2022, incarcerated person Frank Jachwak spent much of his time in the Folsom State Prison workshop in the bike...
Read More About Bike refurbishing program is year‑long effort
CDCR, CCHCS and DJJ staff as well as the incarcerated, continue to donate to the community, benefiting those in need.
Two separate education graduation ceremonies for 108 incarcerated people were held in mid-November at the Correctional Training Facility (CTF).
A recent inspirational event at Ironwood State Prison offered hope, empowerment, education and redemption.
Eric Estrada, one of 26 to graduate the Offender Mentor Certification Program, recalled something his daughter said: “You’re not a...