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.
Meet James Searcy, Electrical Works Instructor at Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (SATF). His course is one of many Career Technical...
Creative Acts recently conducted a week-long intensive Virtual Reality Re-entry training program at Valley State Prison. The nonprofit provided 20 Oculus...
On August 6, five clients from the Custody-to-Community Re-entry Program-San Diego volunteered to help package school supplies for Supply Bank.
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After years of teaching youth, Marianne Waters changed gears, becoming a teacher for incarcerated adults at California State Prison, Solano.
CDCR is rolling out about 30,000 secure laptops to incarcerated students who are attending face-to-face college programs.
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Inside CDCR caught up with Sylvia Dumalig of Enterprise Information Services (EIS) and Lynne Ruvalcaba of the Office of Correctional...
As part of its mission to facilitate the successful reintegration of individuals back to the community with the tools to...
Staff and incarcerated artists are transforming the gyms at California State Prison, Corcoran, from blank concrete walls to works of...
On July 29, the Custody to Community Transitional Reentry Program in Bakersfield hosted an award ceremony for program participants who...
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Inside the walls of Fresno City Hall, the public viewed art work created by incarcerated students from four CDCR institutions.
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