Ron Barnes began his California Department Of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) career in 1983 as a Correctional Officer at Folsom State Prison (FSP). He was promoted to Sergeant and worked at both California Correctional Center(CCC) and FSP from 1989 to 1993. From 1993 to 1999, Ron served as a Lieutenant at four separate prisons. From 1999 to 2003, he served as special assistant to the undersecretary for the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency, (the Governor’s Cabinet Agency for all prisons) and from 2003 to 2004 he worked as a Correctional Captain at FSP. Ron was promoted to Associate Warden at High Desert State Prison in Susanville where he worked from 2004 until 2006 when he accepted the Chief Deputy Warden position at CCC. He served as Acting Warden of CCC in  2008 and was appointed Warden of CCC by Governor Schwarzenegger in March 2009.  Ron retired from the department as Warden in November 2011.  Ron worked as a retiree for the department in several capacities until permanently retiring in March 2019.