Joe Lizarraga

Joe Lizarraga has been appointed warden at Mule Creek State Prison, where he has served as acting warden since 2013. Lizarraga was chief deputy warden at Mule Creek State Prison from 2011 to 2013 and held multiple positions at California State Prison, Sacramento from 2008 to 2010, including acting chief deputy administrator and associate warden. He was associate warden at the Deuel Vocational Institution from 2006 to 2008 and was a correctional captain at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Division of Correctional Health Care Services from 2005 to 2006. He also held multiple positions at the California Medical Facility, including correctional captain, lieutenant and employee relations officer, from 1996 to 2005.