Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) is a male-only

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Delano, California Delano ( ) is a city in Kern County, California, United States. Delano is located north-northwest of Bakersfield at an elevation of . The population was 51,428 in 2020, down from 53,041 in 2010. It is Kern County's second-largest city after Ba ...

. Kern Valley is a Level IV Maximum Security institution, opened in June 2005 with a design capacity of 2,448 inmates. The facility is adjacent to

North Kern State Prison North Kern State Prison (NKSP) is a medium-security prison located in Delano, Kern County, California. Opened in April 1993, this state prison has a design capacity of 2,694 incarcerated people. North Kern serves as a reception center for incoming ...

and has an annual operating budget of . As of July 31, 2022, Kern Valley was incarcerating people at 118.7% of its design capacity, with 2,907 occupants. Kern County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Delano Highlighted 0618394

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Notable inmates

Kern Valley State Prison (2012-01-28) (crop)

* Juan Manuel Alvarez, serving 11 life sentences without possibility of parole for parking an SUV on the tracks causing a train collision that lead to 11 deaths and 177 injuries.

References

External links

Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) official website

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Official website

Website for families of prisoners at KVSP
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Notable inmates

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