At 18, Jack Morris was convicted of murdering a man in South Los Angeles and sent to prison for life. It was 1979, and ...

Solitary confinement can cause severe psychological impacts and the U.N. considers it torture. Yet prolonged isolation ...

His 22 classmates inside B Facility at Pelican Bay State Prison were skeptical ... passed up a chance to transfer to a lower-security prison because of his Humboldt classes.

Pelican Bay State Prison is California's highest ... John Campbell: So they said, "OK, let's build "a true maximum security prison. [explosion] "Let's build one." ♪ Deukmejian: I am greatly ...

Now, prisoners in high-security areas ... High Desert State Prison, Kern Valley State Prison, California State Prison-Los Angeles County, Mule Creek State Prison, Pelican Bay State Prison ...

In 1995 a federal court examining the Security Housing Unit (SHU) of the Pelican Bay State Prison—a California supermax —found that “many, if not most, inmates in the SHU experience some ...