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North Kern State Prison in Kern County is operating at 153% percent capacity, Avenal State Prison in Kings County at 150% and Valley State Prison in Madera County at 148%.
The receiver of the California state prison health care system blamed three deaths among ASP inmates in December 2006 on a "complete breakdown in medical care coverage." [5] [19] [20] As of October 31, 2020, Avenal State Prison has seen 2,881 cases of, and 8 deaths caused by, COVID-19. [21]
He was treated at the UC Davis Medical Center and returned to prison, officials said. The suspect in the attack was another convict, serving 82 years to life for second-degree murder. [18] As of 2025, Bardo is serving his life sentence at the Avenal State Prison in Avenal, California. [19]
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If anyone's interested, I've proposed a new wikiproject for the creation and improvement of articles regarding specific prisons, internment camps, and detention centers here. -- Cdogsimmons ( talk ) 02:04, 23 June 2008 (UTC) [ reply ]
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The citizens of Avenal voted for incorporation in September 1979, and while going through the early stages of being a new city, the citizens pursued and were successful in bringing a state prison to Avenal. Avenal State Prison opened in 1987. By 2009, it housed 6,577 inmates and employed 1,517 people, making it a vital part of the community.
In 2005–2006, PVSP and Avenal State Prison (ASP) were particularly affected by Valley fever, with 150 new cases from PVSP and 30 from ASP in 2005 and 514 at PVSP and 91 at ASP in 2006. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 2007 Valley fever had killed at least four PVSP inmates and one staff member over the previous two years.