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Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) is a supermax prison facility 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.
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 Arts. How a peaceful prison uprising ended torture in Pelican Bay. ‘The Strike’ captures how a group of incarcerated men put an end to extended solitary confinement. by Andrew Gilbert October 19, 2024, 8:00 amOctober 18, 2024, 4:23 pm. A still from 'The Strike' shows a reenactment of a man sitting in a solitary confinement cell at ...
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.
COMPSTAT Operational Performance Measures. Inmate Population Reports. View PBSP Facility Landing Page.
The following photos provide an inside glimpse into the Security Housing Units (SHUs), or solitary confinement units, at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP). A new report by prison officials estimates up to 100,000 people may be in solitary confinement in U.S. prisons.
Inmates in Pelican Bay State Prison’s Security Housing Unit (SHU) spend 22.5 hours of the day in a windowless cell—it is one of the most notorious supermax prisons in the United States.
Pelican Bay State Prison, located in Crescent City, California, is one of the most notorious maximum-security prisons in the United States. It is known for its high-security housing units that are designed to isolate the most violent and dangerous inmates in the state’s prison system.
How the men in Pelican State Prison influence the community outside, one another, and inmates across California.
Inside California's highest-security lockup, Pelican Bay State Prison, are leaders of the largest prison protest in California history.