She was at Solano. It opened in 84, the year I returned from Germany to Travis AFB. We had quite a few officers who were secretaries, cooks, free staff. I never promoted, because I was a supervisor in the Air Force for 15 years, and wanted no part of it. All but two of the retired GIs I knew, never promoted. Most of the supervisors could not manage their way out of a paper bag, but some were very good. Solano started as CMF South, but the name was changed later. We always called it Camp Snoopy. Not too much happened, because it was kind of designated by the inmates as the money making facility. On visiting days, I was told that lots of physical, green $100 dollar bills changed hands in the parking lots, from people paying for all the contraband that was supposed to be brought in. The northerners and southerners had some problems, but not like other joints. Life goes on. I retired in Sept last year.
CYA had a fairly good rep for management around the state and CDC did not; starting with the dept of finance and going down. Ironically CDC took over the CYA about ten years ago.
Retired and in Oceanside living the life. My wife is a retired parole agent.
Now were real estate brokers. Have to do something.
Congrats on your retirement. Thanks for serving (in many capacities) and continuing to serve on this forum.