CDCR
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is responsible for the operation of the California state prison and parole systems. CDCR is the third-largest law enforcement agency in the United States behind the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the New York City Police Department. CDCR correctional officers are sworn law enforcement officers with peace officer powers. CDCR emphasizes public safety, rehabilitation, community reintegration and restorative justice.
Prison officials were called to a “disturbance” in a housing unit at New Folsom when the inmate “charged and began to hit staff;" COs then began to restrain the inmate
Two COs were trying to handcuff an inmate, but he resisted, retrieved a weapon and stabbed one officer twice and sliced another officer’s hand, CDCR said
Until September 2022, COs with religious exemptions could have beards up to an inch; CDCR then mandated reapplication for these exemptions to ensure masks fit properly
Prison sentences were reduced for at least 602 people as a result of two new laws; saving taxpayers between $94 million and $1.2 billion in prison costs
COs suffer from depression, PTSD and suicide at a higher rate than the average population; part of the revamp plan is to improve the prison staff’s experience
Van Houten was found suitable for parole after a July 2020 hearing, but her release was blocked by Gov. Newsom, who maintained she was still a threat to society
The former CO is being held without bond with charges alleging 39 individual sexual assaults and other counts that could net him up to 300 years in prison
Leslie Van Houten was 19 when she helped Manson and other followers kill Leno LaBianca, a grocery executive in Los Angeles, and his wife, Rosemary, in 1969
“These allegations aren’t a reflection on all of those correctional officers who work hard in keeping our citizens safe,” the district attorney said
“The skills our students learn pave the way for successful reentry, helping them prepare for careers or continuing their education,” Superintendent Shannon Swain said
During the first year when the proposition was in effect, the proportion of people who reentered their communities successfully increased to 55.4%
Folsom State Prison inmates purchased 3,822 boxes of Girl Scout cookies
Guillermo Viera Rosa will join the Los Angeles Probation Department during a time of turmoil
The facility will be renamed the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and inmates serving sentences will be moved elsewhere in the state’s penitentiary system
They had gotten lessons in neurobiology and pharmacology, ethics and the law, family dynamics and relapse prevention
The department has expanded the use of surveillance and body-worn cameras “across prisons in the state” and has increased staff training
“The avenues for drugs entering prisons during the first year of the pandemic ... remained staff, contractors, official visitors and mail,” an official said
CDCR COs and staff bring Christmas spirit to children with special needs
The experiments in the 60s and 70s involved administering doses of pesticides and herbicides to the incarcerated men
Newly graduated CO, Joshua Kubel, continues a family tradition of service started by his grandfather
CDCR prisons held about 94,000 inmates last week, down from about 120,000 in 2019 and about 160,000 in 2011
The two inmates were attempting to kill another prisoner with makeshift weapons
The decision likely ends 15-year battle between the California Correctional Peace Officers Association and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Correctional officer Harry Bestolarides is a soft-spoken visiting officer but after work, he is the lead singer of the alternative-metal band Sedit
Providing access to web-based services can give parolees more freedom, and increase the effectiveness of their supervision and rehabilitation
Police have not said why Reginald Smith, who retired from the CDCR in 2002, shot at police and refused to surrender
The 13-week Basic Correctional Officer Academy includes training in communication, de-escalation, arrest and firearms
The court sided with CDCR over a federal healthcare receiver who had initiated the vaccine directive
The proposal doesn’t say anything about which prisons might be closed
People who work in healthcare settings at prisons will still have to comply with a separate mandate
The findings come as the governor seeks $126.6 million in the next fiscal year and $162.5 million annually thereafter to expand treatment
CDCR didn’t say how many ODs were recorded, but a memo distributed March 30 said there were 19 as of that date
The deadline for written comment is April 13
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