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.

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 ...

An inmate in a California state prison was allegedly killed by two other inmates on Friday evening, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced. Per a CDCR media release, the ...