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More than 50 advocacy organizations have sent a letter to state agencies demanding safer conditions for immigrants held at two detention facilities in Kern County.
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Almost half the people tested for COVID-19 last Wednesday at Mesa Verde had positive results. Thirty two out of 70 people tested positive. Asif Qazi,…
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Valley Edition - July 31, 2020 - COVID-19 At Avenal State Prison, Produce Buyback, Inside Mesa VerdeThis week on Valley Edition: We learn more about an organization in Fresno that’s buying crops from small farmers to help offset the huge losses growers…
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Karla Lopez, 32, currently lives in Stockton with her friend Lilian Marquez. The two met at the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Facility in Bakersfield nine…
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After months of speculation as to whether The Mesa Verde Detention Facility in Bakersfield would shutter, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement say it will…
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Tony Amarante’s home in Bakersfield is about an 8-minute drive to the Mesa Verde Detention Facility. He has volunteered there on occasion to visit…
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Cars whiz by on Golden State Avenue near downtown Bakersfield as people shuffle in and out of a tan-colored building. It's surrounded by a high wall with…