California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the Nov. 29, 2025, death of Inmate Kevin A. Torres (BH6909) at Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) as a homicide.
At approximately 2119 hours, custody staff conducting a security check in a Housing Unit approached a cell occupied by Torres and another Inmate, Thomas Farias (BU1065). Staff discovered Torres unresponsive in the cell. Responding personnel immediately initiated life-saving efforts.
American Medical Response transported Torres to Salinas Valley Health, where he was pronounced deceased at 2249 hours by medical personnel.
Farias has been placed in restricted housing pending an investigation by the SVSP Investigative Services Unit and the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office for potential murder charges. The Office of the Inspector General was notified, and the Monterey County Coroner will determine the official cause of death.
Torres, 26, was received from Sonoma County on October 26, 2018, to serve a 19-year sentence for attempted second-degree murder with firearm-discharge enhancements.
Farias, 39, was received from Fresno County on August 24, 2005, to serve a 12-year sentence for inflicting corporal injury on a spouse/cohabitant, second-degree burglary, and assault with a firearm.
the man with the mugshot with the height meter behind him is Kevin Torres you switched up the names
Thank you for that observation. The post was edited to make the correction.
My LO just left salinas a year ago. Through THU, & now the admin is going to put him on a non designated yard?? Corcoran ** cops told him to get ready for whatever!?? He did 20 years on GP & said he’d never had to go to a yard that was as fd up as these non designated yards.