More than a dozen state prison facilities — including four in Kern County — have been placed under a higher-than-normal level of restrictions following high rates of inmate violence and contraband.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A condemned inmate was stabbed to death at North Kern State Prison on Friday, according to the California Department of ...

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the death of an inmate at North Kern State Prison as a homicide, according to CDCR. Officers were conducting ...

An inmate who walked away from a reentry program in Kern County was arrested within hours on Tuesday. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials said incarcerated person who ...