United States · CA · Delano
Kern Valley State Prison
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California adult institution operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. CDCR code: KVSP.
Background
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. As of March 11, 2026, Kern Valley was incarcerating people at 134.5% of its design capacity, with 3,293 occupants.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
2005
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
2005
Region
CA
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
54%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- CDCR facility â Kern Valley State Prison
- CDCR Facility Locator
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation â Facility Locator — State of California
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q6394162)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Kern Valley State Prison. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kern-valley-state-prison
"Kern Valley State Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kern-valley-state-prison.
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