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Extended Solitary Confinement
& Hunger Strike

Pelican Bay From The Air
The SHU is the White “X” or “cross” shaped building
•Correctional administrators
purchased land i...

What is a “SHU”?
• Security Housing Units or SHUs are
free standing prisons within prisons.
• SHUs are designed to isolate...

California Has Four SHUs: Pelican Bay (Mens), Tehachipi (Mens –lower left) Corcorran
(Mens upper left), & Valley State (Wo...

Conditions
– Inmates are locked in their cells 22.5 hours a day.
• If there is a “lock down” they are in their cells 24 ho...

Getting to SHU• Courts of law do not sentence prisoners to the SHU.
• Correctional administrators assign prisoners to the ...

At least
6,600 inmates in
various CA prisons
refused food
during July’s strike
Prisoners in other
states also
participated...

Getting Out of SHU
•Prisoners cannot earn “good time credit” while in the SHU.
•This impacts them getting out of SHU and e...

Who is in the SHU
Race
• Latino – Disproportionately
Represented
– In 2007, Latino prisoners
made up 42% of CA’s parolees
...

Who is in the SHU: Summer 2011 Self-Report
to Legal Services for Prisoners With Children
Out of 63 Responses From Corcorra...

Structural Conditions: Unit/Pod
• A guard in a central control booth controls doors
• The guard can press a button and all...

Conditions: Isolating Rules
– No phone calls
– No photos
• Before the strike– (and for most
inmates going forward because ...

Conditions:
Rehabilitation
•Prisoners are entitled to
court-mandated five
hours per week of
outdoor exercise.
•This is onl...

Conditions: Rehabilitation
No work , vocational or educational programs.
• The strike won the ability for prisoners who
we...

Conditions: Cells
• Cells have 2 bunks
• It is rare to be granted a cell mate
• TVs and Radios are the main form of
entert...

Conditions: Food
• Food is delivered
twice a day
through a slot in
the cell door.
• Inmates eat
their meals in
their cells...

Conditions
•Leaving the cell is rare, and is typically limited to
•shower (a few times a week- court-mandated every 72 hou...

Mental Health Effects -
“SHU Syndrome”
• SHU placement induces psychological torture due to the
– social isolation
– senso...

Federal Civil Rights Case: Madrid v. Gomez 1995
• Class action of over 3,500 Pelican Bay Prisoners
• Violations includes
–...

Cost of Incarceration
per inmate a year
• Pelican Bay Mainline : $58,324
• Pelican Bay SHU: $70,641.
Cost of Strike
• July...

Demands
1. Eliminate group punishments
– Instead, practice individual accountability. When an individual prisoner breaks a...

Timeline & Gains• Spring 2011
– Prisoners in D-1 and D-2 (referred to as short corridor) join across prison manufactured r...

Win: CDCR Permits Rare
Press Access to Pelican Bay

CDCR May Force Feed Strikers
• This is the Guantanamo force feeding chair
• Experts, including the World Health Organizati...

Aug 23 Hearing in
SacramentoCDCR Negotiator
•SIGN the online petition
•LOBBY CDCR and California
elected officials to hono...

How to Get Involved: Rally• RALLY Attend/Organize a solidarity demonstration or action. Click Here for some suggestions on...

How to Get Involved: Visit
Conduct legal visits (weekdays) or family visits (weekends)

How to Get Involved: WriteWRITE
– Prisoners
• everyone you know locked up in prison and let them know about the hunger str...

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