Lerdo Pre Trial News Today

Visiting on Saturday is canceled at the Lerdo Pre-Trial and Justice Facilities due to a maintenance project, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office. Normal visitation hours will resume Sunday.

After a fatal train crash in Wasco, Kern County, construction workers saw a man carrying a severed leg and biting it.

Families of former Kern County inmates are seeking justice through legal action after alleging deputies’ failure to ensure inmates safety led to their loved ones dying, according to documents released

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday visitation was temporarily suspended at the Lerdo Pre-Trial facility but then reopened the facility about five hours later.

The Kern County Sheriffs Office issued a news release Thursday afternoon stating that visitation at Lerdo Pre-Trial is temporarily suspended until further notice.

More than a year after Kern County Superior Court asked the state’s Court Facilities Advisory Committee of the Judicial Council of California to abandon plans for a new courthouse in