‘The Strike’: When Collective Action Leads to Prison Reform
The film focuses on a series of hunger strikes organized by those incarcerated at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison, in ...
Israel Gets 3 Hostages, Hamas 183. Don't Do the Math
Years ago, when I visited Pelican Bay State Prison on the northern coast of California, prison staff explained the rules.
SAUNDERS: 183 for 3? Don’t do math on Israel’s latest hostage trade
Shragai noted that Yahya Sinwar had been released by a 2011 deal that traded more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for one ...
A mass hunger strike transformed solitary confinement in California prisons. This documentary captures the fight
In 2013, nearly 4,000 California inmates in long-term solitary confinement (for decades, in some cases) went on what would ...
Lassen County Times13d
Attempted homicide of Pelican Bay State Prison correctional officer under investigation
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 ...
The Conversation on MSN7d
'A relentlessly dull world' – the case for adding more colour to NZ’s grey prisons
The new expansion to https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/534989/waikeria-prison-on-track-to-become-aotearoa-s-largest ...
Yahoo13d
Sacramento inmate at Pelican Bay one of three charged in stabbing attack on prison guard
Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, California, is surrounded by razor wire, tall fences and towers manned by guards with rifles.