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  2. Kern Valley State Prison - Wikipedia

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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. As of July 31, 2022, Kern Valley was ...

  3. List of California state prisons - Wikipedia

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    FSP is the only California State Prison currently housing men and women. High Desert State Prison: HDSP Lassen: 1995 Yes 2,324 3,286 141.4% Ironwood State Prison: ISP Riverside: 1994 Yes 2,200 3,203 145.6% Kern Valley State Prison: KVSP Kern: 2005 2,448 3,534 144.4% Mule Creek State Prison: MCSP Amador: 1987 3,284 3,948 120.2% North Kern State ...

  4. North Kern State Prison - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1990s, California experienced a significant growth in the number of inmates. Many rural counties lobbied to house a prison because of the health care and job opportunities that a prison provides for its employees. Delano was one of the cities in the counties. Since North Kern State Prison opened in 1993, the city has grown immensely.

  5. Delano, California - Wikipedia

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    The population was 51,428 in 2020, down from 53,041 in 2010. It is Kern County's second-largest city after Bakersfield. Agriculture is Delano's major industry. The area is particularly well known as a center for the growing of table grapes. [9] Delano is also home to two California state prisons, North Kern State Prison and Kern Valley State ...

  6. Kern River Valley - Wikipedia

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    He would return along the same route in December, 1845 as part of John C. Frémont's third expedition, this time with cartographer and artist Edward Kern. While exploring the valley, Kern camped at the fork of a river, once nearly drowning in its swift waters. In return for Kern's service to the expedition, Frémont named it the Kern River.

  7. List of municipalities in Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Cities in Ohio are municipalities whose population is no less than 5,000; smaller municipalities are called villages. Nonresident college students and incarcerated inmates do not count towards the city requirement of 5,000 residents. [1] There are currently 253 cities and 673 villages in Ohio, for a total of 926 municipalities.

  8. Kern County, California - Wikipedia

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    Map of Kern County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 8,163 square miles (21,140 km 2), of which 31 square miles (80 km 2) (0.4%) is covered by water. [14] It is the third-largest county by area in California. The tallest peak in the county is Sawmill Mountain with an elevation of 8822 ft.

  9. California Correctional Institution - Wikipedia

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    After the 1952 Kern County earthquake on July 21, "made the brick dormitories unsafe", the institution was closed and the 417 prisoners were sent to the new California Institution for Women in Corona. [11] Plans of the prison drawn by Alfred Eichler in 1930. The prison was reopened in 1954 as CCI, an all-men's prison. [5]