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Voices from Solitary: The “Life Negating Emptiness” of the Pelican Bay SHU
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 […]
Jean Casella and James Ridgeway