Karapet Demirdzhyan of Salinas Valley State Prison died Thursday. His cellmate Mario Martinez is being investigated for the homicide. It's unclear how Demirdzhyan died, or what the motive was. SOLEDAD ...

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the death of an incarcerated man at Salinas Valley State Prison as a homicide, authorities announced Thursday. Staff ...

A former Northern California prison lieutenant was arrested Monday on federal charges accusing him of smuggling contraband into a state prison in exchange for about $100,000 from an inmate, federal ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating an inmate homicide that occured at Salinas Valley State Prison on Thursday. Staff were alerted around 6:15 a.m. when they ...

February 14, 2026 – SOLEDAD, CA – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating a homicide at Salinas Valley State Prison after ...

Joseph Mendoza, 36, was stabbed nearly 180 times and died at the Salinas Valley State Prison. Someone on staff captured video of the stabbing and leaked it where it appeared on social media, according ...

On Feb. 4, a Monterey County judge sentenced Tyrell Ainsworth, 33, to 70 years to life in prison plus an additional term of ...