Skip to content
SW logo
MENU
  • About
    • About Solitary Watch
    • Staff & Advisors
    • Internships & Volunteer Opportunities
    • Support SW
    • Contact
  • Resources
    • Solitary Confinement in the U.S.: The Facts
    • Confinamiento Solitario en los Estados Unidos: Los Hechos
    • L’isolement Carcéral aux États-Unis: Les Faits
    • SW Fact Sheets
    • NEW –> SW Reports: Calculating Torture: 2023 Count of People in Solitary
    • SW Reports: COVID-19 and Solitary
    • SW Reports: Louisiana On Lockdown
    • SW Reports: Unlocking Solitary in Nevada
    • SW Book: Hell Is A Very Small Place
    • SW Book Reading Guide
    • Print Edition for Incarcerated Readers
  • Projects
    • The Ridgeway Reporting Project
    • Lifelines to Solitary
    • Photo Requests From Solitary
  • Subscribe
  • Donate

Solitary Watch

Filters
  • News & Features
  • Voices from Solitary
  • Seven Days in Solitary
  • Projects

Pelican Bay State Prison

In 2008 Hector Gallegos won second prize in the essay category in PEN American Center’s Prison Writing Contest with his powerful account of life in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) of California’s Pelican Bay State Prison. What follows is a long excerpt from his essay, entitled “Species of a Lesser God”; the full piece can […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The “Life Negating Emptiness” of the Pelican Bay SHU

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 25, 2011

Previous
  • 1
  • 2
Next

P.O. Box 11374
Washington, DC 20008

info@solitarywatch.org

Solitary Watch

  • Visit our facebook page
  • Visit our twitter page
  • Visit our instagram page
  • Visit our linkedin page
  • Visit our rss page

© Copyright 2023, Solitary Watch

Read about rights and permissions.

Creative Commons License