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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

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by Sal Rodriguez

May 1, 2012

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Children in Solitary

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 3, 2012

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Controversy Over Kids in Solitary Confinement in Texas

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 8, 2012

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California Bill Would Lift Media Ban on Access to Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 13, 2012

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One Year Anniversary of Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Against Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 3, 2012

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

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 6, 2012

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

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 7, 2012

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California Justice: Three Strikes and Sixteen Years in Solitary

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 7, 2012

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

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 24, 2012

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Amnesty International Releases Report Condemning California Prison Isolation Units

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 29, 2012

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California Prisoners Launch New Hunger Strike on October 10th

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by Sal Rodriguez

October 16, 2012

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Former Hostage in Iran Reports on Solitary Confinement in California

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 19, 2012

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Thousands of California Prisoners, One Hunger Strike, One Week

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 15, 2013

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

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 22, 2013

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

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 9, 2013

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

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 4, 2013

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

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 18, 2013

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Rastafarians Spend a Decade in Solitary for Refusing Haircuts

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 11, 2010

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California Lawsuit Charges Race-Based Lockdown

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 20, 2010

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As California Implements Some Solitary Confinement Reforms, Prisoners Remain Skeptical

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by Sal Rodriguez

January 25, 2013

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

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by Sal Rodriguez

February 26, 2013

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

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by Rachel M. Cohen

March 5, 2013

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

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by Victoria Law

February 10, 2014

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

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 1, 2015

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

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 1, 2015

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

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 15, 2010

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

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by Sal Rodriguez

April 8, 2013

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

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by Sal Rodriguez

December 4, 2013

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

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 12, 2010

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