An inmate's death at Salinas Valley State Prison is being investigated as a homicide, and the prime suspect is his cellmate.

Suspected ringleader Ignacio Sanchez, 44, was allegedly directing operations from inside Salinas Valley State Prison.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is investigating the death of Jose Rodriguez, an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison, as a ...

June 29, 2025 – SOLEDAD, CA – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the June 27, 2025, death of incarcerated person Jose Rodriguez at Salinas ...

Edgar C. Delgado, 37, walked out of Salinas Valley State Prison's Minimum Support Facility, authorities say.

Oracio Ramirez, who was serving a prison sentence for first-degree murder, died following an attack by two inmates at Salinas Valley State Prison on December 14, 2023.

The death of a 25-year-old state prison inmate over the weekend at Salinas Valley State Prison was being investigated as a homicide and four Bay Area convicts were suspects in the jailhouse ...

Salinas Valley State Prison Warden Matthew Atchley was on of 30 leaders from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation who traveled to Norway to see how the country does prison ...

A man sentenced to prison 25 years ago for a robbery conviction in Santa Clara County was reportedly killed by another inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison last week, authorities said.

Officials are investigating the cause of the riot that broke out in the Facility C unit day rooms at Salinas Valley State Prison at 6:30 p.m. Staff members deployed non-lethal rounds and pepper ...

A 33-year-old inmate was killed in his cell within one of Salinas Valley State Prison's maximum security yards on Monday night. Around 9 p.m., Armando Wehr was found unresponsive with multiple ...