By Sarah Brown
Of The New Era
Ray Novencido retired before he turned 50. If he hadn’t, he might not be alive today.
That’s because, he says, a person who works in the California prison system doesn’t typically live to see age 60, and Novencido was on his way to becoming a confirmed prison warden.
The 70-year-old spent his career working his way up the ladder at the California Department of Corrections while also instructing…