ISP college program marks more than 1,200 degrees awarded
Ironwood State Prison (ISP) hosted this month the 2013 Palo Verde Community College Graduation Ceremony, making the continued success of a program in which participants have earned more than 1,200 college degrees.
A Day in the Life of a CDCR Registered Nurse
Studies have shown that inmates tend to be 10 years older physiologically than their actual age, which is a growing concern in California’s prisons as the average age of inmates continues to rise. No one understands the medical needs of these inmates better than first responders, such as Registered Nurse (RN) Leslie Neely.
HDSP/CCC Honor Guard participates in Fallen Officers Memorial Services
The High Desert State Prison/California Correctional Center (HDSP/CCD) Honor Guard participated in the Fallen Officers Memorial Services at the 8th Annual Federal Correctional Institution in Herlong, Calif., on May 22. For the last five years … Read more
CCC marks 50th anniversary of public-safety service
The California Correctional Center (CCC) celebrated its 50 anniversary on May 15 with a ceremony that brought back some of the original staff and highlighted the institution’s long service to California.
Riverside County sends inmates to fire camps
Riverside County sent 20 jail inmates to CDCR’s Sierra Conservation Camp in Jamestown on Wednesday for training to fight forest fires. It’s the first county to take advantage of a section of the AB 109, Public Safety Realignment Act, that allows counties to contract with CDCR to fill inmate positions in the fire camp program.
