All men’s Level III and Level IV facilities are on a “modified visitor” program in response to a recent and concerning rise ...

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The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it discovered weapons, cell phones, syringes and other ...

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A Kern Valley State Prison inmate faces an additional 25 years to life after being convicted of assaulting another inmate. The Kern County District Attorney’s Office said on April 16, 2025, a ...

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the death of an inmate at North Kern State Prison as a homicide ... unresponsive in his cell at 5:04 p.m ...

Prison guards at North Kern State Prison in Delano, Kern County, surveilled the grounds when they spotted an unresponsive man in his cell, according to a Thursday news release. The peace officers ...

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Nick Vedol Lopez, 55, was attacked around 7:40 p.m. Sunday at North Kern State Prison in Kern County ... Lopez called 911 from his wife’s cell phone at 1:51 a.m. Feb. 23, 2019, and told the ...

Kern Valley State Prison is located in Delano — about 37 miles north of Bakersfield. The prison was built in 2005 and houses more than 3,300 inmates.