Officials at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano are investigating the Wednesday death of an inmate as a homicide. Prisoners William A. Nesler III and Edward R. Holden III allegedly attacked inmate ...

December 25, 2025 – CRESCENT CITY, CA – Benjamin W. Watta, who was serving a condemned sentence, died on December 22, 2025, ...

A condemned inmate was stabbed to death at North Kern State Prison on Friday, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Kern County coroner's office. Julian ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation faces a wrongful death lawsuit that alleges a corrections officer fired a 40 mm “less lethal” projectile that struck an inmate’s head as he ...

A homicide investigation is underway at High Desert State Prison in Northern California after two inmates reportedly attacked and stabbed a third inmate over the weekend. This marks at least the ...

Authorities are investigating the suspicious death of an inmate at a Northern California prison after he was found unresponsive in his cell last week as correctional officers distributed medication.

Two inmates were attacked with an inmate-manufactured weapon, leaving one dead, in Kern Valley State Prison in Delano on Thursday, according to the California Department of Corrections and ...

California State Prison, Sacramento, once known as New Folsom, was opened in 1986 and is adjacent to Folsom State Prison, California’s second-oldest correctional facility. CSP Sacramento houses ...

Twenty-one California prisons - including two facilities near Folsom - are immediately suspending inmate visitations following spikes in drug overdoses and violent attacks on prisoners and officers, ...