Rehabilitation
From learning job skills to earning diplomas, rehabilitation is a cornerstone of the department. As of 2026, 11 percent of CDCR’s overall budget goes toward rehabilitation.
The description of a May 14 event at a Johanna Boss High School simply states students "at O.H. Close Youth...
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Prison staff – custody and non-custody – lead the same lives as their neighbors when not inside the walls. They...
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Six months in the making, youth, staff, and community volunteers dedicated the construction of the largest of nine community gardens...
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A 1928 report on the education, library, religious activities and women's department highlights the successes of early efforts to rehabilitate...
An 1874 report by the state prison investigative committee details rehabilitation efforts, lists a typical mess hall menu and describes...
Students in Sierra Whitney’s GED classes at California Rehabilitation Center (CRC) recently had the opportunity to do something outside the...
Thanks to the artistic talents of those incarcerated at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP), the D-Yard Security Housing Unit (SHU)...
Former Correctional Officer William Conroy describes how incarcerated females were employed at San Quentin. This is the third of a...
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Former Correctional Officer William Conroy, who worked at San Quentin State Prison from 1903 to 1907, wrote this piece regarding...
Read More About Dec. 19, 1911: Former officer describes prison jobs
When Lieutenant Derrick “Bo” Taylor was killed in October 2017 while helping save others during the mass shooting in Las...
Read More About Oak Glen camp honors fallen commander Bo Taylor