Rehabilitation
From learning job skills to earning diplomas, rehabilitation is a cornerstone of the department.
Three Ventura Training Center (VTC) cadets who graduated from the program in December reflect on their time battling the deadly...
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The High Desert State Prison (HDSP) firehouse crew was recently dispatched on a mutual aid call to assist a 2-year-old...
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The Ventura Training Center celebrated 15 formerly incarcerated firefighters and 17 California Conservation Corps members as they officially completed enhanced...
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From tales of heroism and community involvement to rehabilitation and the people behind those efforts, Inside CDCR looks back at...
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The incarcerated population at California State Prison-Los Angeles County (LAC) learned healthy ways to deal with stress and raised money...
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Avenal State Prison, Facility F, celebrated incarcerated individuals who completed the Ten Toes In program with a graduation ceremony Dec....
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During the 2025 holiday season, prison staff and family volunteers made visiting rooms special for those spending some time with...
In early December, incarcerated and survivors gathered at California Institution for Men (CIM) for the Victims and Survivors of Crime...
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Day reporting centers serve rehabilitative purposes in the community, connecting parole-supervised individuals with services. Day reporting centers offer a one-stop...
Calipatria State Prison recently hosted their first Peer Support Specialist Program (PSSP) graduation for 20 incarcerated people. The graduates came...
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