Squander 101: A Required Corrections Officer Academy Class
By Bryce Canyon My Introduction to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) prison system followed…
Commentary: County Erections
By John L. Orr I find little to laugh about in jail, but occasionally a character joins…
Commentary: The Long Walk Home – The Path of the Unforgiven
By Ricky Ortega As I was on trial for murder, the bereaved mother of my victim entered…
Commentary: Are Early Releases Really the Problem?
By Delbert D. Williams “A suspect arrived in connection with [April’s] mass shooting outside bars in Sacramento…
Commentary: The Long Walk Home – Where Windows Cry
By Ricky Ortega Life without parole; free falling into the black hole of prison life. It’s where…
Commentary: The Long Walk Home, Shadows of Our Past
By Ricky Ortega Sentenced to life without parole, I was given a one-way ticket to Folsom prison….
Commentary: Shoot/Don’t Shoot – Police Use of Force Tactics
By John L. Orr Black Lives Matter. Hands up-Don’t Shoot. For the past several years, these slogans…
CDCR Secretary Visits Prison Newspaper
By Christopher Bryson California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary Kathleen Allison visited Mule Creek State Prison…
Inmate Pay Scale Raises…None in 40 Years
By John L. Orr If you spent over 40 long years at the same tedious job, and…
Clinical Social Workers Overworked-Underpaided in California Prisons
By D. Razor Babb Licensed clinical social workers provide a valuable and integral service to the…
Incarcerated Man Details Abuse by Officials at CDCR
by David Carino I am 33 years old and currently housed at California Medical Facility because of…
Suboxone – An Up-Close Look at the Biggest Legal Narcotic in California’s Prisons, Part II
By JC Grant Compstat is CDCR’s official packaging of statistical data. Month to month numbers including everything…
CDCR Secretary Tours Mule Creek State Prison
By D. Razor Babb The California Department of Correcting (CDCR) Secretary Kathleen Allison and a host of…
Suboxone – An Up-Close Look at the Biggest Legal Narcotic in California’s Prisons, Part I
By JC Grant In mid-2019, about the time I was entering my second year of being in…
Commentary: Back on the Chain Gang
By D. Razor Babb We returned to chow hall feeding at Mule Creek. Once again walking to…
Commentary: Books Save Lives in Prison
by Dortell Williams I was 23 years old when I entered the California prison system; ignorant with…
Commentary: Account of Incarcerated Life
by Roberto Turcos I got to Folsom State Prison in 1989. I was doing everything possible to…
Commentary: The Mockingbird Syndrome
by D. Razor Babb You can’t have a meaningful discussion about social justice, crime, and public welfare…
Commentary: School to Prison Pipeline
By Keith Colvin July 1984 I turned 18. In August 1984 I found myself sitting in the…
Commentary: COVID Conundrum at SATF, Corcoran
By Jaime Vidales Here at the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility, Corcoran, F-yard, there haven’t been any cases…
