BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Kern County over an inmate’s suicide in September 2023, alleging high-ranking county officials — including the sheriff — ...

A Kern County sheriff’s sergeant was arrested Friday on felony charges including rape, sheriff’s officials confirmed. Stephen Wells, 45, was booked into jail shortly after 2 p.m. on charges of rape by ...

A Kern County jury found a Kern Valley State Prison inmate guilty on Tuesday of assaulting a fellow inmate with a deadly weapon, according to the Kern County District Attorney’s Office.

BAKERSFIELD, Calf. (KGET) — A man with prior convictions for attempted murder and assault with a gun was found guilty of attacking another inmate at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano. Jonathan Pugh, ...

A former teacher at Kern Valley High School was sentenced Tuesday to 16 months in jail after being convicted of committing sex acts with a minor student. Before Christopher Renaudo’s sentencing ...

$40,000 BOND. AN INMATE AT THE RACINE COUNTY JAIL DIED FROM INJURIES IN AN ATTACK. DEPUTIES SAY ANOTHER INMATE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. OFFICIALS IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS THIS MAN, DEVANTE CARRAWAY.

A former teacher at Kern Valley High School was sentenced Tuesday to 16 months in jail after being convicted of committing sex acts with a minor student. Before Christopher Renaudo’s sentencing, the ...

Two former correctional officers are accused of abusing Milwaukee County jail inmates. Both men are charged with multiple felonies in the case, including misconduct. The two were "separated from ...

Authorities are investigating an assault that occurred at the Racine County Jail on New Year's Eve that sent an inmate to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The incident was reported ...