Luis Alvidrez, a 33-year-old inmate at Kern Valley State Prison north of Bakersfield, is being investigated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for allegedly fatally stabbing another inmate with a weapon made in prison.
California has created a compensation fund for victims of state-sponsored, non-consensual sterilization, which happened in prisons for decades. But as the deadline looms, many who lost organs aren’t qualifying.