More than two months have passed without charges being filed against a detentions lieutenant with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office who crashed twice the ...

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office announced they are now providing tablets to the inmates inside their detention ...

Sheriff Donny Youngblood with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office discussed several pressing matters occurring in town such as ...

ABC reported on the findings from a report on immigration facilities. Now, a community briefing has been conducted on that same report with the overall goal of informing the public.

May 24, 2025 – Kern County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on May 22, 2025, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Kern County ...

The county previously operated a youth detention center in Bern Township, but closed it in 2012. "Among them (the reasons for closing) was a significant change in the approach in the juvenile ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Sheriff Donny Youngblood with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office discussed several pressing matters occurring in town such as the Manor Street crash, North Chester ...

Officials at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano are investigating the Wednesday death of an inmate as a homicide.