Unlocking History
Using extensive research culled from historical records, Inside CDCR explores the rich history of the people, places and programs that helped shape the modern state correctional system.
Even though poor choices landed people in state prisons, holiday observances such as Thanksgiving continued even during incarceration.
CDCR institutions have witnessed moments in aviation history while at the same time helped further the field through job training...
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The last names appearing on the lists for each prison cemetery at San Quentin and Folsom are Leong Ying and...
While Folsom and San Quentin's cemeteries are most well-known, Preston School of Industry also serves as the final resting places...
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A horse thief named Robert Southern and career criminal John Pastor are two forgotten prison cemetery tales. They are just...
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The tales of two men laid to rest in prison cemetery grounds at San Quentin and Folsom go beyond the...
San Quentin and Folsom prisons each have a cemetery where many incarcerated people were buried, marked only with their inmate...
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After witnessing the horrors of the Civil War, working as a police officer and finally serving as San Quentin hangman,...
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Two inmate numbers on grave markers reveal the stories of a miner and a young gambler who landed at San...
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Among the first parole agents were a fingerprint expert, a man involved in charitable causes, and a former deputy sheriff.