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Prisoners in California’s Security Housing Unit (SHU) have offered their opinions of the recent reforms of the California prison system’s controversial gang validation policies. In correspondences with Solitary Watch, people held in SHU at Pelican Bay and Corcoran prisons have consistently been critical of the reforms, which among other things reform the gang validation point system […]

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Prisoners in Solitary Confinement in California Respond to Prison Policy Reforms

Children in Solitary

Controversy Over Kids in Solitary Confinement in Texas

California Bill Would Lift Media Ban on Access to Prisons

One Year Anniversary of Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Against Solitary Confinement

One Year After Historic Hunger Strike, Isolated California Prisoners Report Little Change

Political or Gang Activity? “New Afrikan” Prisoners in Solitary Confinement

California Justice: Three Strikes and Sixteen Years in Solitary

Solitary Policies in California Revised, As Prisoner Leaders Promote End to Racial Hostilities

Amnesty International Releases Report Condemning California Prison Isolation Units

California Prisoners Launch New Hunger Strike on October 10th

Former Hostage in Iran Reports on Solitary Confinement in California

Thousands of California Prisoners, One Hunger Strike, One Week

California Prison Hunger Strike: “It’s an Absolute Madhouse”

Calipatria Hunger Striker: “Putting Everything On The Line For Dignity”

Day 59 of California Prison Hunger Strike: “Their Spirits Are High, Their Bodies Are Weak”

Day 41 of California Hunger Strike: CDCR Still Insists It’s A Gang Power Play

Rastafarians Spend a Decade in Solitary for Refusing Haircuts

California Lawsuit Charges Race-Based Lockdown

As California Implements Some Solitary Confinement Reforms, Prisoners Remain Skeptical

California Assembly Reviews Solitary Confinement Policies As Prisoners Threaten New Hunger Strike

Guarding the Fortresses: How Prison Policies Limit Media Access to Solitary Confinement

Seven Months After Historic Prison Hunger Strike, Opponents of Solitary in California Gauge the Pace of Change

After Hunger Strikes, Solitary Reforms Come to California’s Prisons—and Leave Thousands Behind

In Landmark Settlement, Solitary Confinement to Be Dramatically Reduced in California Prisons

Live from Death Row: 3,600 Americans Waiting Alone to Die

“Systemic Failures Persist” in California Prison Mental Health Care, Judge Rules

How Many People Are In Solitary Confinement in California’s Prisons?

Abuse and Cover-Up in California Prisons’ “Behavior Management Units”