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CDCR correctional officers are sworn law enforcement officers with peace officer powers. As of 2013, CDCR employed approximately 24,000 peace officers (state correctional officers), 1,800 state parole agents, and 150 criminal investigators. Jeff Macomber was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom as Secretary for the California Department of ...
The Special Service Unit (SSU) is a specialized division within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) [1] that functions as its dedicated special operations group. This unit is composed of highly trained special agents who are strategically assigned to various field offices across the state of California.
In the 1950s, an officer, despondent over working conditions at San Quentin State Prison, committed suicide.This prompted Officer Al Mello and eight fellow officers, five of which were Correctional Lieutenants concerned with the pay scale and working conditions, to start traveling to the three existing state prisons (Folsom, Soledad, and San Quentin) to rally support for the creation of a ...
Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (RJD) is a California state prison in unincorporated southern San Diego County, California, [2] near San Diego. [3] [4] It is operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The facility sits on 780 acres (320 ha). It is the only state prison in San Diego County.
Newsom’s proposed $297 billion state budget includes $14.1 billion from the state’s general fund and $374.9 million from other funds for the California Department of Corrections and ...
In response to a federal order to reduce overcrowding at the state's prison facilities, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation started leasing the facility in 2013 for $28.5 million yearly. [3] [6] Former guards, previously privately contracted, transferred to become state correctional officers after eight weeks of training ...
Two correctional officers were trying to handcuff inmate Brandon S. Keen, but Keen resisted, ... according to the CDCR news release. On March 29, 2013, Keen was sentenced to 25 years for a ...
When Christina Cardenas visited her husband in 2019 at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, she was forced to undergo a traumatic, hours-long cavity search that involved her ...