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The following is an excerpt from testimony submitted to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Human Rights, and Civil Rights by Pelican Bay Security Housing Unit inmate Gabriel Huerta. He has been in isolation since November 1986; like most in the SHU, he was validated as a gang member on questionable evidence of gang […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Can’t You Hear Us?

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by Voices from Solitary

July 14, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Haunted by Memory’s Ghosts

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by Voices from Solitary

December 30, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Where Cold, Quiet and Emptiness Come Together”

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by Voices from Solitary

March 16, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Parts of My Mind Did Not Survive

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by Voices from Solitary

April 3, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Torture Chamber

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by Voices from Solitary

August 16, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: This Place Is Nothing More Than a Torture Chamber

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by Voices from Solitary

July 12, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Playing “The Con Game” at Pelican Bay

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by Voices from Solitary

June 6, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Safari from Pelikkkan Bay

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by Voices from Solitary

April 16, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Waltzing Into Hell

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by Voices from Solitary

August 28, 2018

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Returned to the SHU in California

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by Voices from Solitary

February 26, 2018

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Message from a Solitary Confinement Survivor for People Under Self-Quarantine

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by Voices from Solitary

April 29, 2020

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Fighting the Coronavirus in Prison with Transfers, Isolation, Threats, and Game Boys

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by Voices from Solitary

August 25, 2020

Voices from Solitary

The View from Badger Yard: Surviving in San Quentin with COVID-19

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by Juan Moreno Haines

November 25, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/21/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

July 21, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/29/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

September 29, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/6/13]

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by Jean Casella

October 6, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/13/13]

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by Jean Casella

October 13, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/28/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

July 28, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

A Month in Solitary [8/31/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

September 4, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/16/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 16, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/3/13]

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by Jean Casella

November 5, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/10/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

November 10, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/24/13]

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by Jean Casella

November 24, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/1/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

December 1, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/15/13]

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by Jean Casella

December 15, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/22/13]

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by Abby Taskier

December 22, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/2/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 2, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/13/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

April 13, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

April 20, 2014

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