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Federal legislation to lower cost of phone calls

March 21, 2023 by Joshua Strange

Lower phone call costs are on the horizon for America’s incarcerated people, thanks to new federal legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Criminal Justice, Money, Recently Posted

UCSF apologizes for unethical experiments

March 21, 2023 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

Male nurse pushing stretcher gurney bed in hospital corridor with doctors & senior female patient

A major California hospital has apologized for subjecting prisoners to unethical treatments by two doctors in the 1960s and 1970s, according to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Criminal Justice, Health Care, Recently Posted

Women’s rehabilitation given consideration with early farm concept 

March 21, 2023 by CDCR

By Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR Editor  1920s farm was early gender‑responsive rehabilitation The 40-room 1880s-era building at the California … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Prison Stories, Recently Posted, Women in Prison

CEMETERY TALES

March 21, 2023 by CDCR

A twist of fate for two women  By California Department ofCorrections and Rehabilitation ■ Mary Hill avoids being first woman buried in San … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Prison Stories, Recently Posted, Women in Prison

THE CHANGE-MAKERS AND GROUND-BREAKERS OF CDCR 

March 21, 2023 by San Quentin News

In the typically male-dominated world of corrections, these women stood as shining examples paving the way for other women in the California prison … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Featured, Profiles, Women in Prison

Bill Glass event features car, motorcycle show at Pleasant Valley

February 15, 2023 by CDCR

Rehabilitation promoted through messages ofhope at foundation’s Behind the Walls event Submitted by Lt. C. Mendoza, CDCR Pleasant Valley State … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner

Anti-Recidivism Coalition honors first New Folsom grads

February 15, 2023 by CDCR

Submitted by Lt. Erik Altvatter, CDCR The first group of participants graduated Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC) programs at CSP-Sacramento. They … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Prison Programs, Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner

Gov. Newsom issues pardons

February 15, 2023 by Cainen Chambers

California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently granted 10 pardons, according to a report in the Marin Independent Journal. Among those pardoned was one person … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Politics, Recently Posted

Governor Newsom names Jeffrey Macomber next CDCR Secretary

February 15, 2023 by CDCR

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom [on Dec. 12] announced that Jeffrey Macomber will serve as the next Secretary of the California Department of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Featured, Politics

California to shutter more prison facilities

February 15, 2023 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

California has sets it sights on closing two operating prisons, as well as enacting cutbacks at six other prisons, as the state continues its … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Featured

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