Rehabilitation
From learning job skills to earning diplomas, rehabilitation is a cornerstone of the department.
Schools across California faced challenges during the pandemic statewide, including those inside correctional facilities.
Crafts for Community (CFC) at Pelican Bay State Prison's Facility D, Level II, has turned to crocheting masks. Volunteers include...
As CDCR celebrates education staff during National Teachers Week, Office of Correctional Education Superintendent Shannon Swain and her team gathered...
Read More About A round of applause for correctional educators
For the first time, candidates for Los Angeles County District Attorney held a town hall meeting for incarcerated men at...
Frieze Projects curators Rita Gonzalez and Pilar Tompkins Rivas visited the art studio at California State Prison, Los Angeles County...
Read More About Incarcerated people find healing through art
Folsom Women’s Facility (FWF) recently hosted a gender responsive resource fair for incarcerated women preparing for their return to the...
Read More About Housing, job, other aid offered at Folsom Women’s Facility resource fair
The San Gabriel Valley Parole District hosted a Women Empowerment Meeting at America's Job Center of California. The event featured...
In January 2020, Derrick Williams became the first Proposition 57 CalFIRE Wildland Firefighter I graduated from Pine Grove Youth Conservation...
CDCR's Arts in Corrections (AIC) takes the spotlight for two days during a Johnny Cash photographic exhibit.
Read More About Arts in Corrections shown alongside Johnny Cash exhibit
Allowing seeds of peaceful coexistence, cooperation and forgiveness to take root in the state prison system were the goals of...