BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man who was already serving a life term in prison for murder was sentenced Thursday after pleading no contest to strangling his cellmate at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano. According to court records, Jorge L. Mendoza received a 22-year prison term after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter in […]
According to a release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 26-year-old Juan E. Mendoza was found unresponsive in a cell he shared with another inmate at Kern Valley State Prison on Wednesday. The release stated that he was suffering from "visual injuries."