The Kern County Board of Supervisors approved a request from the Kern County Sheriff’s Office for a multi-million dollar ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Two people have been arrested for helping an inmate escape from custody in Kern County over the weekend. Francisco Garcia escaped from Kern Medical on Saturday night and ...

The contract will allow private prison operator CoreCivic to fill California’s largest ICE detention facility to its full capacity.

A court date for former Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner was postponed to Dec. 15 following a brief hearing Thursday in Kern County Superior Court. Scrivner is facing three charges of child ...

Operators of a 2,560-bed detention center in City announced this week a two-year contract with the federal government even as ...

Attorneys for former Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner filed a motion for enrollment in a mental health diversion program ...

Kern County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services has been awarded $8 million in grant funding to expand mental health and addiction treatment services.This ...

A 27-year-old California State Prison, Solano inmate was stabbed with an “improvised weapon” and died Wednesday and two other inmates are now under investigation, state prison officials said.