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.
A civil service workshop and hiring event for incarcerated individuals was held at California State Prison, Solano, on November 17....
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New Life K-9 Program at California Men's Colony (CMC) said goodbye to five dogs who will be placed with veterans...
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A select few horses are coming to Valley State Prison as part of the Equine Assisted Learning Program. It’s a...
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California Correctional Institution (CCI) Facility A celebrated the graduating classes of 2020 and 2021. The October 19 ceremony marked the...
Back by popular demand, the New Beginnings at Circle T Ranch returned to California State Prison, Corcoran, for an encore...
At Corcoran and Pleasant Valley prisons, staff and the population worked to raise awareness about suicide prevention. Corcoran staff, incarcerated...
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To better serve those reentering our communities on DAPO supervision, CDCR is opening new Reentry Resource Centers that act as...
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California State Prison, Sacramento, has joined the ranks of other institutions training service dogs.
On October 1, students at Ventura Youth Correctional Facility’s Mary B. Perry High School took part in a Project Based...
The Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), in partnership with the San Francisco State University (SFSU) College of Ethnic Studies and...
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