Officials at Kern Valley State Prison are investigating the death of an inmate, German M. Merino, as a homicide following an attack on March 7, 2025. According to the California Department of ...

Hernandez is accused of escaping the Kern Valley State Prison and then fleeing to Mexico. "During that period of time, he ends up killing someone else down there," Action News Legal Analyst Tony ...

Mathews, who had been scheduled for release in 2030, faces up to an additional 25 years to life in prison when he is sentenced May 14 by Kern County Superior Court Judge David R. Zulfa ...

A Kern County jury convicted a 53-year-old man Wednesday of two felony counts involving an attack on a fellow inmate at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano. Ricardo Mathews was found guilty of ...

While at North Kern, inmates can engage in educational programs. With North Kern State Prison and Kern Valley State Prison, which is located one mile away and houses close to 4,800 inmates ...