Years ago, when I visited Pelican Bay State Prison on the northern coast of California, prison staff explained the rules.

The following is a press release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: California Department of ...

How a small hunger strike against solitary confinement turned into a massive statewide protest. The high-security Pelican Bay prison was designed for mass-scale solitary confinement, often for a ...

A Sacramento County inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison is one of three facing attempted homicide charges in an attack on a ...

In 2013, nearly 4,000 California inmates in long-term solitary confinement (for decades, in some cases) went on what would ...

Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the alleged attempted homicide of a peace officer at Pelican Bay State Prison. According to a statement from CDCR, approximately 7:15 ...

Feb. 3, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. How California's Pelican Bay prison ignited a statewide hunger strike as a feat of unity by 30,000 incarcerated people.

officials are investigating the alleged attempted homicide of a peace officer at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP). On Jan. 30, 2025, at approximately 7:15 a.m., incarcerated persons Jose Gonzalez ...

A hunger strike against solitary confinement at Pelican Bay prison became a massive feat of unity. How California's Pelican Bay prison ignited a statewide hunger strike as a feat of unity by ...

Years ago, when I visited Pelican Bay State Prison on the northern coast of California, prison staff explained the rules. They gave me a stab vest and a handy piece of information: If I were taken ...

Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, California, is surrounded by razor wire, tall fences and towers manned by guards with rifles.