The death in April of an inmate at the state prison in Tehachapi has resulted in a charge of first-degree murder against his ...

A female corrections officer assigned to the all-male super maximum area of the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi while pregnant, today filed a civil lawsuit accusing the California ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reported on Friday that no staff were injured during a riot involving about 100 inmates at CCI Tehachapi. “Staff used non-lethal force to ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — It was in 2018 we first learned about a lawsuit filed against the California Department of Corrections by Sarah Coogle, a former Tehachapi prison guard who said she was ...

More than a dozen state prison facilities — including four in Kern County — have been placed under a higher-than-normal level of restrictions following high rates of inmate violence and contraband.

Nov. 22—An inmate at California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi was stabbed to death Wednesday, according to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials. David Moreno, 38, ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Officials at the California Correctional Institution are investigating a riot that occurred on Tuesday involving about 70 inmates, according to the California Department ...

One inmate was shot and at least five others were injured during a riot at Tehachapi Prison on Sunday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed. According to CDCR, six ...

A former pregnant correctional officer at California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi was awarded $1.7 million in damages stemming from a lawsuit filed against the California Department of ...

An inmate is seen in her cell in the reception center at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla in April 2012. (Lea Suzuki / San Francisco Chronicle via Associated Press) The potential ...