Inmate death at Salinas Valley State Prison investigated as homicide

Mendoza, also 40, had been incarcerated at Salinas Valley since December 2015. He was received from Yolo County to serve a 14 ...
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CDCR Reports Salinas Valley State Prison Officials Investigating the Death of an Incarcerated Person as a Homicide

October 17, 2025 – SOLEDAD, CA – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating ...

Inmate killed at Salinas Valley State Prison; another placed in restricted housing

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating the murder of an inmate at the Salinas Valley ...

Inmate from Yolo County died after assault at Salinas prison, CDCR says

Israel M. Mendoza, 40, died Tuesday, after he was attacked by another inmate, the department said in a news release. He was ...

Salinas Valley State Prison inmate sentenced for third inmate killing

A convicted inmate murderer was sentenced for the murder of another inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison, per Monterey ...