Kern Valley State Prison
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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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Location | Delano, California |
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Coordinates | 35.7661°N 119.3251°W / 35.7661; -119.3251 |
Status | Operational |
Security class | Maximum |
Capacity | 2,448 |
Population | 2,431 (99.3% capacity) (as of January 31, 2023[1]) |
Opened | June 2005 |
Managed by | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Warden | Christian Pfeiffer |
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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]