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, 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 ...

Officials confirmed 22 suspect cases and six confirmed at Wasco State Prison, with the first diagnosis on December 12. According to the CDCR, health officials and prison staff are working to ...

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 State Prison opened in 1991 and houses approximately 3,300 inmates and employs about 1,470 staff.

Staff of Wasco State Prison in Kern County found Scott Gunter, 59, unresponsive in his cell Tuesday evening, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a news release.

Benjamin Kolemainen, 30, Tyler Douglas, 25, and Joshua Mitchell, 45, were found guilty on Feb. 15 of beating Michael Iverson on March 7, 2022 at Wasco State Prison.

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

Shot by an officer during a fight at Wasco State Prison, Provencio, 28, has been declared brain dead. Since the Jan. 16 incident, Department of Corrections investigators have been asking questions ...

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 ...

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 ...