Rehabilitation
From learning job skills to earning diplomas, rehabilitation is a cornerstone of the department.
CDCR recently celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its first Male Community Reentry Program (MCRP) established in the state. The celebration...
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center became the stage for a historic moment in prison journalism with the revival of the American...
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E-learning is one of the many methods the Division of Rehabilitative Programs offers incarcerated people to help them achieve education...
Ten female fire crew members recently graduated the Forestry Fire Training program at the Puerta La Cruz Conservation Camp, hosted...
Ninety incarcerated individuals received job certifications and/or apprenticeships from the California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA) at California Men’s Colony (CMC)....
A 10-member delegation from the State of Qatar Ministry of Interior visited CDCR to learn more about California’s innovative approach...
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Like libraries found in the community, every CDCR institution offers library services to its incarcerated population. Prison libraries offer fiction...
Volunteers from Between the Lines recently brought their rehabilitative program to the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (SATF) and State Prison...
Pleasant Valley State Prison Warden Jerry Ourique and his management team toured the newest Male Community Reentry Program (MCRP) in...
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Thanks to the Victim Offender Dialogue program, when the person who shot Thomas Morgan was up for parole, he advocated...
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