Jose Landeros, 27, and Michael S. Padilla, 37 — both inmates at Wasco State Prison — are being investigated by the Kern County District Attorney’s Office and Wasco State Prison investigators.

WASCO, Calif — Wasco State Prison is among a handful of prisons across the state that have been fined by Cal/OSHA over their handling of coronavirus in the workplace. The inspections took place ...

WASCO, Calif. (KERO) — Cal/OSHA has issued fines against a number of state prisons for violating COVID-19 safety regulations including Wasco State Prison.

Jan. 17—A Wasco State Prison corrections officer barricaded himself in a prison building for about 10 hours before surrendering himself and his firearm, a California Department of Corrections ...

Wasco State Prison Failed to Provide a Reasonable Accommodation, Federal Agency Charges FRESNO, Calif. – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has settled a federal charge ...

A convicted child molester was killed by another inmate after being in a California prison for less than a week, officials say. Agustin Duran, 66, arrived at the Wasco State Prison, located about 30 ...

Wasco State Prison suspended inmate admittance because of a COVID-19 outbreak, according to a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. In the last two weeks ...

Scott Gunter, 59, was found unconscious and unresponsive in his cell at Wasco State Prison shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

A search is under way for an inmate who walked away from a minimum support facility at Wasco State Prison, officials said.

One inmate is dead after a riot broke out Monday morning at Wasco State Prison in Kern County. Some 40 inmates were involved in the 9 a.m. riot in an exercise yard at the prison reception center ...

Scott Gunter, 59, was found unresponsive in his cell at Wasco State Prison around 5 p.m. Tuesday and was pronounced dead 34 minutes later, after efforts to save his life failed, the California ...

A Wasco State Prison corrections officer barricaded himself in a prison building for about 10 hours before surrendering himself and his firearm, a California Department of Corrections and ...