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On July 8 and 9, about a hundred solitary survivors, their families, activists, and scholars gathered in southern California to mark the tenth anniversary of one of the most important events in the history of prison activism: the 2013 hunger strike organized by men held in the supermax Pelican Bay State Prison, which quickly spread […]

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Pelican Bay

Gathered to Mark Anniversary of Historic Prison Hunger Strike, Advocates Vow to End Solitary Confinement in California

Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Leader Held in Solitary for Six More Years…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Hunger Strike in the Supermax: Pelican Bay Prisoners Protest Conditions in Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Letter from a Pelican Bay Hunger Striker

Voices From Solitary: Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Was “the Only Way to Get the Word Out” About Prison Abuses

Voices from Solitary: Letter from a California Prison Hunger Striker

Voices from Solitary: Letter from Calipatria Prison Hunger Strikers

Voices from Solitary: “We Will Not Stop Until We Are Heard”

Voices from Solitary: “Injustice Anywhere Is a Threat to Justice Everywhere”

Voices from Solitary: “There Must Never Be A Time When We Fail To Protest”

Voices from Solitary: Can’t You Hear Us?

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/12/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/28/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/16/13]

A Month in Solitary [8/31/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/29/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/21/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/1/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/8/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/15/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/3/15]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/9/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/16/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/06/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/29/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/30/2016]

Suicide of California Hunger Strike Participant Draws National Attention to a Broken System

New Solitary Confinement Policies in California Bring Small Changes and Raise Big Questions