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  2. Pelican Bay State Prison - Wikipedia

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    After Pelican Bay State Prison opened in 1989, guards eager to assert their dominance over the inmates established a culture of violence. Inmates in the Security Housing Unit were beaten, tied and left naked, or subjected to staged "gladiator fights" by guards who would intentionally release two prisoners from enemy gangs and then shoot at the prisoners after they began fighting. [7]

  3. List of California state prisons - Wikipedia

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    FSP is the only California State Prison currently housing men and women. High Desert State Prison: HDSP Lassen: 1995 Yes 2,324 3,286 141.4% Ironwood State Prison: ISP Riverside: 1994 Yes 2,200 3,203 145.6% Kern Valley State Prison: KVSP Kern: 2005 2,448 3,534 144.4% Mule Creek State Prison: MCSP Amador: 1987 3,284 3,948 120.2% North Kern State ...

  4. 2013 California prisoner hunger strike - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] The hunger strike was organized by inmates in long term solitary in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay State Prison in protest of inmates housed there that were in solitary confinement indefinitely for having supposed gang ties. [2] Another hunger strike that added to the movement started the week before in High Desert State ...

  5. Hot Docs’ ‘The Strike,’ About the Fight Against ... - AOL

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    The doc tells the story of America’s supermax prison Pelican Bay, which opened in 1989 and was designed specifically for mass-scale solitary confinement. For decades, the California prison held ...

  6. Prisoner Human Rights Movement - Wikipedia

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    Pelican Bay State Prison, California’s only supermax prison, was built in 1989 on the outskirts of Crescent City. Half the prison houses maximum-security inmates in the general population, and the other half holds prisoners in Security Housing Units. Cells in the latter are windowless, 8-by-10-foot (2.4 by 3.0 m) concrete boxes.

  7. Supporters say 'warmhearted' alleged Mexican Mafia member ...

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    In a letter, Canales said her son's participation in a 2011 hunger strike over conditions in the maximum-security prison at Pelican Bay led to her own "awakening as to the harsh reality of human ...

  8. Convicted killer from Stanislaus suspected of trying to kill ...

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    A prison inmate convicted of a deadly shooting in Turlock eight years ago is suspected of attempting to kill a correctional officer at Pelican Bay State Prison on Saturday.

  9. Prisons in California - Wikipedia

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    San Quentin State Prison. The California state prison system is a system of prisons, fire camps, contract beds, reentry programs, and other special programs administered by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Division of Adult Institutions to incarcerate approximately 117,000 people as of April 2020. [1]

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