Inside Pelican Bay State Prison - Solitary Watch
At Pelican Bay, the state’s first and most notorious supermax, the 1,500 occupants of the Security Housing Unit (SHU) and Administrative Housing Unit spend 22.5 hours a day alone in windowless cells measuring about 7 x 11 feet.
At Pelican Bay Prison, a Life in Solitary : NPR
Jul 26, 2006 · The isolation units at California's Pelican Bay prison hold more than 1,200 inmates. They live in small, windowless cells, often for years, with virtually no human contact.
Pelican Bay State Prison - Wikipedia
Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) is a supermax prison in Crescent City, California. The 275-acre (111 ha) prison takes its name from a shallow bay on the Pacific coast, about 2 mi (3.2 km) to the west.
Peek inside 'the SHU': What it's like for California inmates in ...
Sep 1, 2015 · The SHU is divided into concrete windowless cells, which have perforated doors that allow small streaks of light inside. The solitary units at Pelican Bay are designed to minimize human contact.
A Look Inside Pelican Bay Prison's Notorious Isolation Unit
Oct 4, 2013 · Pelican Bay is on California's remote northwest coast, and it's the facility where the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation houses many of its most violent inmates and suspected prison gang leaders — men it calls "the worst of the worst."
Pelican Bay Facility D transforms into rehabilitative environment
Mar 22, 2022 · Cells designed to house two people are now single occupancy. Inside is a locker, letting them secure personal property since the doors are now left open during the day. Recreational activities are available on the newly-built large outdoor exercise yard.
At Pelican Bay, A Look Inside California's Security Housing Units
Oct 16, 2013 · The men in SHU spend 22 1/2 hours a day in their cells. They get 90 minutes outside, alone, in a small exercise yard that has a pull-up bar and two small balls to bounce against the wall. They can communicate when walking past another cell and can pass notes. But there are few other interactions.
Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) - CDCR
Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) is designed to house California’s most serious criminal offenders in a secure, safe, and disciplined institutional setting. Half of the prison houses maximum security inmates in a general population (GP) setting.
The Torment of Solitary Confinement - The Atlantic
Jun 22, 2016 · Inmates in Pelican Bay State Prison’s Security Housing Unit (SHU) spend 22.5 hours of the day in a windowless cell. Here are their experiences.
Reforming solitary confinement at infamous California prison
Oct 22, 2017 · Pelican Bay's Security Housing Unit -- known as "the SHU" -- is solitary confinement by another name, and inmates and their advocates have long denounced it as state-sanctioned torture. The...