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How a peaceful prison uprising ended torture in Pelican Bay
At Pelican Bay, men were often placed in the prison-within-a-prison SHU for alleged gang affiliations, and then left there for decades (the United Nations standard for solitary confinement is 15 days) ...
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In ‘The Strike,’ Filmmakers Illustrate the Issues With Solitary Confinement
Pelican Bay’s SHU (Special Housing Unit) is immortalized in Denzel Washington’s award-winning performance as a crooked cop named Alonzo in the 2001 film Training Day. Just after the film’s climax, as ...
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New doc ‘The Strike’ details the prison hunger strike that made history
Pelican Bay, opened in 1989 in Crescent City ... or what the state calls the special housing unit (the SHU), became immediately notorious for cruelty and violence. As the crack epidemic and ...
Humboldt's Pelican Bay Prison used to be notoriously violent. Now it’s home to a first-of-its kind education program
Cal Poly Humboldt’s bachelor’s program offers new opportunity to people incarcerated at maximum-security Pelican Bay State ...