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Tag Archives: Pelican Bay
Raw Video: Freed Iran Hikers Talk to Occupy Oakland, Support Prison Hunger Strikes
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Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer, and Josh Fattal, the three UC Berkeley grads who were taken captive by Iran while hiking near the border, spoke to the Occupy Oakland protesters at their encampment in front of City Hall yesterday. Shane Bauer … Continue reading
A Tale of 2 Inmates: Gang Lord, Petty Thief Both Wind Up in Windowless Isolation Units
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From California Watch One man was a petty thief mistakenly identified as a player in a violent Latino prison gang. The other was a convicted murderer whose numerous assaults behind bars and continuing influence on the streets earned him a … Continue reading
Prison Officials Say Conditions Will Improve, Inmates Ready to Strike Again
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By Michael Montgomery [original blog post available at CaliforniaWatch.org] State corrections officials are moving forward with a major policy initiative that could improve conditions and reduce the length of time some inmates spend in controversial isolation units. The changes are … Continue reading
What Did Prisoners on Hunger Strike Want, What Did They Get?
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After most of the state prisoners on a hunger strike ended it last week, attorney Carol Strickman of Legal Services for Prisoners With Children, who represented the demands of the strikers to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, made a … Continue reading
Dept of Corrections Says Hunger Strike at Pelican Bay Prison Over; Interview: Permeation of Gangs in Calif. Prisons
The department sent out a statement about 10 minutes ago: SACRAMENTO – Today, Matthew Cate, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), announced that inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison have ended their hunger strike. “Hunger strikes … Continue reading
Interview: What is the Hunger Strike by California Prisoners About?
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KQED and California Watch reporter Michael Montgomery has extensive experience covering California prisons. I asked him to explain what the hunger strikes are all about, and what triggered them. An edited transcript of our conversation follows the audio below. Michael … Continue reading
Prisoners on Hunger Strike Show Signs of Starvation, Official Wants to Force-Feed
Hundreds of California prisoners are approaching three weeks on a hunger strike, including a few showing signs of starvation. The strike protesting the conditions in Security Housing Units began at Pelican Bay State Prison on July 1, and has since … Continue reading
Pelican Bay Prisoners Reportedly on Hunger Strike
You could call it a "prison within a prison": a supermax facility so isolating that some inmates say they haven't seen the night sky in years. Prison reform advocates say that inmates at the Security Housing Unit of California's Pelican … Continue reading
Judge Closes Prison Abuse Case After 20 Years
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A legal case that lasted more than two decades and brought systemic changes to California's prison system has ended. On Monday, a federal judge determined the state corrections department had made sufficient reforms to protect inmates from being abused by … Continue reading
Pelican Bay, Today and Yesterday
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Somewhere far up the North Coast—well out of sight and out of mind for virtually all of us—is California's Pelican Bay State Prison. It's a facility built for the most violent, dangerous inmates in the state prison system. Many of … Continue reading
