Office of Employee Wellness staff discusses suicide awareness and how to ask for help when mental and emotional health challenges arise.Host: Sergeant Corey RingerGuests: Sergeant Cheyanne Witcher, Margot Charkow-Ross, LCSWRecord Date: 4/5/2024Producer Name: Suraj Bhardwaj

Understanding Hypervigilance

Welcome to CDCR Unlocked, which will explore correctional issues including rehabilitation and reentry, peace officer recruitment, employee wellness and other criminal justice topics. It will also feature interviews with and profiles of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) executives, administrators, staff, volunteers and community partners.

The name “CDCR Unlocked” was chosen from more than 250 entries in a naming competition among CDCR and CCHCS employees. The winning name was submitted by Robert Miller, a Supervising Case Records Technician in the Division of Adult Institutions.