A man accused of assaulting a disabled person in southwest Bakersfield in March 2023 was sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday.

Video shows Wasco State Prison and water treatment vessels, which would clean out the contaminant. Since May 2018, water in the Wasco State Prison has tested positive for 1, 2, 3- Trichloropropane ...

Velasquez was handed a five-year sentence following his conviction, and he’s currently being housed at Wasco State Prison just outside Bakersfield, Calif. The prison sits just over three hours ...

The Coroner's Office has released the official cause and manner of death for an inmate at Wasco State Prison who died in November 2016. Thomas Russell, 48, was found unresponsive in his jail cell ...

The second of three co-defendants found guilty of beating an inmate to death at Wasco State Prison was sentenced Wednesday in Kern County Superior Court to eight years in prison, in addition to ...

Wasco State Prison is often used to temporarily hold newly sentenced inmates until they’re processed and sent to another facility. Vasquez is serving a five-year term after pleading no contest ...

A 34-year-old inmate was stabbed and killed Friday afternoon at Wasco State Prison, the Kern County coroner's office reported Monday. The victim, Angel Carrasco, was taken for treatment at ...

Former UFC champion Cain Velasquez is now housed at a prison in Soledad to carry out the remainder of his five-year sentence. Velasquez, 42, was previously being held at Wasco State Prison.