Pelican Bay State Prison houses inmates ranging from minimum security all the way to maximum. There are about 1,800 inmates ...

A Sacramento County inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison is one of three facing attempted homicide charges in an attack on a guard Thursday morning, said state corrections officials. Officials at ...

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

WASHINGTON -- Years ago, when I visited Pelican Bay State Prison on the northern ... The "CDCR has a 'NO HOSTAGE' policy and all prison inmates, visitors, non-employees and employees shall be ...

In 1995 a federal court examining the Security Housing Unit (SHU) of the Pelican Bay State Prison—a California supermax —found that “many, if not most, inmates in the SHU experience some ...

A guard watches the grounds of Pelican Bay State Prison in Northern California's Crescent City. Security is tighter at the federal "supermax" facility in Colorado. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times) ...

WASHINGTON — Years ago when I visited Pelican Bay State Prison on the northern ... The “CDCR has a ‘NO HOSTAGE’ policy and all prison inmates, visitors, non-employees and employees shall ...

WASHINGTON —Years ago, when I visited Pelican Bay State Prison on the northern ... The “CDCR has a ‘NO HOSTAGE’ policy and all prison inmates, visitors, non-employees and employees shall ...

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

As title cards inform viewers at the start of the film, Pelican Bay State Prison’s Security Housing Unit once held hundreds of inmates for more than a decade. Now, it’s nearly empty.

WASHINGTON — Years ago, when I visited Pelican Bay State Prison on the northern ... The “CDCR has a ‘NO HOSTAGE’ policy and all prison inmates, visitors, non-employees and employees ...