Rehabilitation
From learning job skills to earning diplomas, rehabilitation is a cornerstone of the department.
Across California, 34 adult institutions and five community correctional facilities observed the first Day of Peace and Reconciliation during the...
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In a special event held at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (RJD) in San Diego, CDCR Secretary Ralph Diaz traded...
A pair of young adults from CDCR Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) are among the first firefighters from Pine Grove...
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Caltrans and Konocti Conservation Camp inmate crews were recognized by the Lake County Board of Supervisors for their efforts to...
Read More About Lake County officials recognize inmate fire crews
The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) collaborates each year with CDCR to create awareness about the California Earned Income Tax...
Emil Luke Alpoonarian will tell you that when he was a teenager, he experimented with drugs and had no real...
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As CDCR moves even more toward a model of restorative justice and rehabilitation, a healing-focused nonprofit is bringing together people...
Anthony Ammons was 16 years old when he took a life and earned a sentence of 102 years-to-life in prison...
Read More About Sacramento students tour California’s oldest prison
Eleven high performing youth from the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility (VYCF) in Camarillo spent a day with the Los Angeles...
Read More About Ventura Youth meet the Lakers, movie star Michael B. Jordan
One of the primary passions of CDCR’s chaplains is the rehabilitation of the inmates in our care. In a combined...
Read More About CDCR chaplains promote Day of Peace and Reconciliation