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.
Every year, CDCR inmates assigned to CALFIRE fire crews at Alder Conservation Camp #20 in the Humboldt Del Norte Unit...
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While families on the outside were carving turkey, those incarcerated at California State Prison, Solano, were treated to a special...
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While Secretary Ralph Diaz, Division of Adult Institutions Director Connie Gipson, and several governmental leaders, reform advocates and formerly incarcerated...
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Over six days, CDCR Secretary Ralph Diaz and Division of Adult Institutions Director Connie Gipson toured Norwegian prisons, training facilities...
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Parolees are able to nurture their good nature thanks to a pilot program, the Restorative Gardening Project. The Division of...
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Thanks to a prison computer coding program, one formerly incarcerated person is now working as a software engineer.
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The San Gabriel Valley Pomona Parole and Community Team recently offered a resource and job fair, helping parolees sharpen their...
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Thanks to the population at Folsom Women’s Facility (FWF), a local charity received much-needed help.
Folsom Women’s Facility inmates had the chance to spend the day with their children in a setting designed to strengthen...
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For a cultural group at California State Prison, Solano (SOL), the voices of ancestors are still heard today, preserved through...