Pleasant Valley State Prison News

LAKE COUNTY A man sentenced to seven years in state prison for the 1977 murder of a Lucerne man was denied parole Thursday for the 12th time.

An inmate at Pleasant Valley State Prison extended his time behind bars for filing dozens of false income tax forms.

Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga is still plagued with crowding, inadequate medical care and concerns that inmates could be exposed to Valley fever, according to a Fresno County grand jury report issued Thursday.

The Fresno County Grand Jury issued a report on Thursday that said Valley Fever is causing a health crisis at the Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga.

Fresno County sheriff's detectives are investigating the death of an inmate at Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga.

Officials at Pleasant Valley State Prison are investigating as "questionable" the death of an inmate from Sacramento County whose body was found in his cell early Wednesday.

Up to 7,000 sick California inmates must be transferred to prisons with access to better medical care, a court-appointed receiver said in a court filing Tuesday.

One section of the Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga remains on lockdown today after a riot involving about 40 inmates earlier this week.

Beside a field of tumbleweed in this remote Central Valley town, California opened its newest prison in 2005 with a modern design, innovative security features, and a big environmental problem.

Later, the agency developed plans to add a filtration plant. It obtained $2.5 million from lawmakers for that purpose in 2006.

Employees and correctional officers at Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga gave food and toys to more than 130 Kings County families this year as part of a concentrated effort to help some people "make it ...