Karapet Demirdzhyan of Salinas Valley State Prison died Thursday. His cellmate Mario Martinez is being investigated for the homicide. It's unclear how Demirdzhyan died, or what the motive was. SOLEDAD ...

Joseph Mendoza was killed by two fellow inmates of Salinas Valley State Prison, shown here, on April 8. Mendoza’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against prison officials. California ...

MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A leaked video circulating online shows the brutal killing of a Merced man who was stabbed to death by two inmates while serving time in Salinas Valley State Prison. The ...

Joseph Mendoza, 36, was stabbed nearly 180 times and died at the Salinas Valley State Prison. Someone on staff captured video of the stabbing and leaked it where it appeared on social media, according ...

Thu, February 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM UTC Matthew L. Madsen, 39, worked for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from 2017 to 2025 and primarily was assigned to Salinas Valley State ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars to fill vacant medical and mental health positions at prisons and ...