The California model has four foundational pillars: dynamic security, normalization, peer support, and trauma-informed care.

CDCR outlines the California Model as four pillars. One of those components is “dynamic security,” an approach that aims to build positive relationships between staff and the incarcerated.

The shift is part of a larger effort to reshape the state's prison system. The state is rolling out the California Model, a taxpayer-funded initiative across eight prisons statewide that aims to ...