Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) is a male-only state prison in Delano, California. Kern Valley is a Level IV Maximum Security institution. This prison houses 4,171 inmates with a design capacity of 2,448 or 170.4 percent. Kern Valley opened in June 2005 and has an annual operating budget of US$123 million. The facility is adjacent to the North Kern State Prison.
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“Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
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