Kern Valley State Prison

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Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP)
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KVSP overhead view
Kern Valley State Prison
Location Delano, California
Coordinates 35°45′58″N119°19′30″W / 35.7661°N 119.3251°W / 35.7661; -119.3251
StatusOperational
Security classMaximum
Capacity2,448
Population2,431 (99.3% capacity)(as of January 31, 2023 [1] )
OpenedJune 2005
Managed by California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Warden Christian Pfeiffer

Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) is a male-only state prison in Delano, California. 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 and has an annual operating budget of US$123 million.

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As of July 31, 2022, Kern Valley was incarcerating people at 118.7% of its design capacity, with 2,907 occupants. [2]

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Location of Delano in Kern County, and Kern County in California

Notable inmates

KVSP during a foggy winter morning Kern Valley State Prison (2012-01-28) (crop).jpg
KVSP during a foggy winter morning
Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails
Juan Manuel AlvarezG33008Serving 11 life sentences without the possibility of parole. [3] Perpetrator of the 2005 Glendale train crash in which he intentionally left his car on the railroad track, and a passenger train proceeded to collide with it, causing a derailment which killed 11 people. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Antron Singleton V24953Serving a life sentence. [9] American rapper who went by the name "Big Lurch" who was convicted of murdering and committing cannibalism on his roommate. [10] [11]

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