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They say conditions in the units amount to psychological torture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelican Bay is on California's remote northwest coast, and it's the facility where the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation houses many of its most violent inmates and suspected prison gang leaders — men it calls \"the worst of the worst.\" As a guard said during a tour of the Pelican Bay SHU yesterday, the inmates there are \"the modern-day Al Capones of California.\" The SHU inmates are locked in cells for more than 22 hours a day. Some have been there for more than a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_113794\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-113794\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/pelbay-shu-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A cell unit inside the Pelican Bay SHU's \"short corridor.\" (Scott Detrow/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Corrections officials held the tour as the state \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201310020850/a\">faces\u003c/a> increasing \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/17/draft-california-corrections-department/\">scrutiny\u003c/a> of conditions inside its prisons. I was one of about a dozen reporters who spent five hours inside Pelican Bay’s walls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SHU there is essentially a prison of its own, inside the larger Pelican Bay facility. While the general population can spend time playing football and basketball in the sun, exercise for the SHU inmates is an hour and a half in an enclosed concrete pen. They get a rubber ball they can bounce against the wall. There’s also a pull-up bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/prison+isolation+video\">\u003cem>Click here for more details on life inside Pelican Bay’s SHU, and a video of its exercise yard.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'There’s not much to do, really'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other 22 and a half hours, prisoners are locked inside small, concrete cells with two bunk beds and a steel combination toilet/sink. That’s been Eduardo Campos’ environment for 15 years. He's housed in a corner of the SHU's D-3 block.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->Campos was doing push-ups when I walked up to his cell and introduced myself through the cell's grated red door. He said the exercise is part of the daily routine he's established. “I just get up in the morning, wash up. I usually work out in the morning,” he said. “That’s about it. Do a little reading, do a little writing. There’s not much to do, really.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campos is one of two SHU inmates who agreed to be recorded. His cell is filled with books. He said the library is too small, but he likes to stick to nonfiction and history. The best book he's read lately? A biography of \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal\">Hannibal\u003c/a>, the Carthaginian general who marched his elephants over the Alps to take on the Romans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He credits his schedule and reading for keeping him sane, but said, “I’ve seen some people go paranoid. They’ve lost their minds over (long-term isolation housing). They get really messed up.” He took part in this summer’s hunger strike, but only lasted 10 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You go through the mood swings” during fasts, he said. “You get frustrated, you go through all those things. When you get to the ninth, tenth day, you start to feel real, real bad.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campos has his books. Another inmate on the SHU showed me drawings he's done of national parks and lighthouses. This is the sort of stimulation warden Ron Barnes pointed to when he was asked about the accusation that Pelican Bay’s SHU amounts to torture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The inmates have TVs, radios,” he said. “They’re able to find out what’s going on in the outside world. They have all kinds of ways of communicating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The SHU Doesn’t Stop Communication\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_111608\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-111608\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/kite-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"A note that was written on a small scrap of paper known as a kite, smuggled out of prison and then recopied in larger print, lays out specific rules for Mexican Mafia members on the street.\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A note that was written on a small scrap of paper known as a kite, smuggled out of prison and then recopied in larger print, lays out specific rules for Mexican Mafia members on the street.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And that’s a problem — at least as far as law enforcement is concerned. The state is keeping alleged gang leaders in an isolated wing of an isolated prison, but officials say they’re still able to direct gang operations on the streets and even coordinate a statewide hunger strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelican Bay Associate Director Ralph Diaz says, “I don’t see anything further that we can do other than continue with our gang suppression, gang intelligence and gang tracking, which Pelican Bay does real well at.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Pelican Bay staff showed reporters \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/17/111570/secret-letter-from-mexican-mafia-gang-leader-to-la-street-gangs\">the orders gang leaders sneak out of the SHU\u003c/a>. Stopping those messages would require even more isolation, and the state is already under fire for its current approach. In fact, last week a federal judge set a trial date for \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/127065819/Ruiz-Amended-Complaint-May-31-2012\">a lawsuit alleging conditions there violate the Constitution\u003c/a> and amount to psychological torture.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Inmates say the units amount to psychological torture. Official say they're human — and necessary. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1430329786,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":829},"headData":{"title":"A Look Inside Pelican Bay Prison's Notorious Isolation Unit | KQED","description":"Inmates say the units amount to psychological torture. Official say they're human — and necessary. 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Some have been there for more than a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_113794\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-113794\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/pelbay-shu-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A cell unit inside the Pelican Bay SHU's \"short corridor.\" (Scott Detrow/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Corrections officials held the tour as the state \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201310020850/a\">faces\u003c/a> increasing \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/17/draft-california-corrections-department/\">scrutiny\u003c/a> of conditions inside its prisons. I was one of about a dozen reporters who spent five hours inside Pelican Bay’s walls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SHU there is essentially a prison of its own, inside the larger Pelican Bay facility. While the general population can spend time playing football and basketball in the sun, exercise for the SHU inmates is an hour and a half in an enclosed concrete pen. They get a rubber ball they can bounce against the wall. There’s also a pull-up bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/prison+isolation+video\">\u003cem>Click here for more details on life inside Pelican Bay’s SHU, and a video of its exercise yard.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'There’s not much to do, really'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other 22 and a half hours, prisoners are locked inside small, concrete cells with two bunk beds and a steel combination toilet/sink. That’s been Eduardo Campos’ environment for 15 years. He's housed in a corner of the SHU's D-3 block.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->Campos was doing push-ups when I walked up to his cell and introduced myself through the cell's grated red door. He said the exercise is part of the daily routine he's established. “I just get up in the morning, wash up. I usually work out in the morning,” he said. “That’s about it. Do a little reading, do a little writing. There’s not much to do, really.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campos is one of two SHU inmates who agreed to be recorded. His cell is filled with books. He said the library is too small, but he likes to stick to nonfiction and history. The best book he's read lately? A biography of \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal\">Hannibal\u003c/a>, the Carthaginian general who marched his elephants over the Alps to take on the Romans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He credits his schedule and reading for keeping him sane, but said, “I’ve seen some people go paranoid. They’ve lost their minds over (long-term isolation housing). They get really messed up.” He took part in this summer’s hunger strike, but only lasted 10 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You go through the mood swings” during fasts, he said. “You get frustrated, you go through all those things. When you get to the ninth, tenth day, you start to feel real, real bad.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campos has his books. Another inmate on the SHU showed me drawings he's done of national parks and lighthouses. This is the sort of stimulation warden Ron Barnes pointed to when he was asked about the accusation that Pelican Bay’s SHU amounts to torture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The inmates have TVs, radios,” he said. “They’re able to find out what’s going on in the outside world. They have all kinds of ways of communicating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The SHU Doesn’t Stop Communication\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_111608\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-111608\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/kite-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"A note that was written on a small scrap of paper known as a kite, smuggled out of prison and then recopied in larger print, lays out specific rules for Mexican Mafia members on the street.\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A note that was written on a small scrap of paper known as a kite, smuggled out of prison and then recopied in larger print, lays out specific rules for Mexican Mafia members on the street.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And that’s a problem — at least as far as law enforcement is concerned. The state is keeping alleged gang leaders in an isolated wing of an isolated prison, but officials say they’re still able to direct gang operations on the streets and even coordinate a statewide hunger strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelican Bay Associate Director Ralph Diaz says, “I don’t see anything further that we can do other than continue with our gang suppression, gang intelligence and gang tracking, which Pelican Bay does real well at.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Pelican Bay staff showed reporters \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/17/111570/secret-letter-from-mexican-mafia-gang-leader-to-la-street-gangs\">the orders gang leaders sneak out of the SHU\u003c/a>. Stopping those messages would require even more isolation, and the state is already under fire for its current approach. In fact, last week a federal judge set a trial date for \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/127065819/Ruiz-Amended-Complaint-May-31-2012\">a lawsuit alleging conditions there violate the Constitution\u003c/a> and amount to psychological torture.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/113792/a-look-inside-pelican-bay-prisons-notorious-isolation-unit","authors":["256"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_6188"],"tags":["news_686","news_615","news_3113","news_4918"],"featImg":"news_113826","label":"news_6944"},"news_43315":{"type":"posts","id":"news_43315","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"43315","score":null,"sort":[1318950818000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"video-freed-iran-hikers-talk-to-occupy-oakland","title":"Raw Video: Freed Iran Hikers Talk to Occupy Oakland, Support Prison Hunger Strikes","publishDate":1318950818,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Raw Video: Freed Iran Hikers Talk to Occupy Oakland, Support Prison Hunger Strikes | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer, and Josh Fattal, the three UC Berkeley grads who were taken captive by Iran while hiking near the border, spoke to the Occupy Oakland protesters at their encampment in front of City Hall yesterday. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal also spoke in support of the Pelican Bay prison hunger strikes, drawing on their own experiences in solitary confinement while imprisoned in Iran. \u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=8395438\">Raw video\u003c/a> from KGO: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1685491800,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":3,"wordCount":72},"headData":{"title":"Raw Video: Freed Iran Hikers Talk to Occupy Oakland, Support Prison Hunger Strikes | KQED","description":"Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer, and Josh Fattal, the three UC Berkeley grads who were taken captive by Iran while hiking near the border, spoke to the Occupy Oakland protesters at their encampment in front of City Hall yesterday. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal also spoke in support of the Pelican Bay prison hunger strikes, drawing","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Raw Video: Freed Iran Hikers Talk to Occupy Oakland, Support Prison Hunger Strikes","datePublished":"2011-10-18T15:13:38.000Z","dateModified":"2023-05-31T00:10:00.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/43315/video-freed-iran-hikers-talk-to-occupy-oakland","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer, and Josh Fattal, the three UC Berkeley grads who were taken captive by Iran while hiking near the border, spoke to the Occupy Oakland protesters at their encampment in front of City Hall yesterday. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal also spoke in support of the Pelican Bay prison hunger strikes, drawing on their own experiences in solitary confinement while imprisoned in Iran. \u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=8395438\">Raw video\u003c/a> from KGO: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/43315/video-freed-iran-hikers-talk-to-occupy-oakland","authors":["80"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_6188"],"tags":["news_616","news_740","news_1329","news_18","news_2083","news_1963","news_615","news_5703","news_1660","news_338","news_340"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_40046":{"type":"posts","id":"news_40046","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"40046","score":null,"sort":[1316114897000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"a-tale-of-2-maximum-security-inmates-gang-lord-petty-thief-both-wind-up-in-windowless-isolation-units","title":"A Tale of 2 Inmates: Gang Lord, Petty Thief Both Wind Up in Windowless Isolation Units","publishDate":1316114897,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/tale-2-inmates-californias-security-housing-units-12609\">\u003cstrong>From California Watch\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One man was a petty thief mistakenly identified as a player in a violent Latino prison gang. The other was a convicted murderer whose numerous assaults behind bars and continuing influence on the streets earned him a reputation as a ruthless gang leader.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40086\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 304px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/califprisoner.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-40086\" title=\"califprisoner\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/califprisoner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"203\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arturo Castellanos. Photo: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fact that both men were locked for years in grim, windowless isolation cells at Pelican Bay State Prison illustrates the challenge that corrections officials face as they overhaul the state’s controversial Security Housing Units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opened in 1989, Pelican Bay was designed to house California’s most dangerous inmates. The prison’s Security Housing Unit goes a step further, locking inmates identified as prison gang members or associates in a warren of concrete cells where the only view of the outside world is framed on small television sets. Some inmates have been housed in the units since Pelican Bay opened its gates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corrections officials say the lengthy confinement and extreme security measures are necessary to curb the ability of gang leaders to pass orders to subordinates in other prisons and on the streets. And they point to inmates like Arturo Castellanos to make their case. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Castellanos was convicted of murder in Los Angeles County in 1979 and sentenced to 26 years to life. But his life of crime flourished behind bars, according to prison records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an inmate, Castellanos’ disciplinary record includes six stabbings and various drug violations. In 1990, he was sent to Pelican Bay’s Security Housing Unit after corrections officials identified him as a member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In spite of Pelican Bay’s harsh conditions, authorities allege Castellanos continued to command gang members on the street through edicts smuggled out of prison on tiny scraps of paper known as “kites.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a 2007 federal indictment, Castellanos guided a Latino street gang known as F13 as it launched a turf battle against African American rivals. The action triggered a wave of racial violence against African Americans living in the Florence-Firestone area north of Watts, according to court documents. More than 20 people were killed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was just amazed that an individual who no one has seen for generations was able to control the violence and illegal criminal activity of an area that he hasn't been to in more than three decades,\" said Peter Hernandez, an assistant U.S. attorney for California's Central District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal prosecutors eventually indicted 104 suspects in the case, but not Castellanos. He already was serving a life sentence, and the government concluded it was safer to keep Castellanos in isolation and not pull him out of Pelican Bay for court hearings, which would have been required had he been indicted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was important that … Castellanos not be let out, because he holds sway over gang members to do things they would otherwise not want to do,\" Hernandez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2006, Castellanos has been housed in a special section of Pelican Bay’s Security Housing Unit that is reserved for inmates deemed influential gang leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that didn’t stop him and three other inmates from organizing a three-week hunger strike to demand better conditions and changes in department policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a recent \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201108180850/b\">media tour\u003c/a>, Pelican Bay acting Warden Greg Lewis claimed the four hunger strike leaders, including Castellanos, were in the upper echelons of major prison gangs and continued to pose a serious security threat. Lewis said the men are “intelligent, very manipulative and possess the intellect to orchestrate what they did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While prisoner rights advocates concede that some inmates should be segregated from the regular prison population if they are violent or directly involved in criminal conspiracies, they say the actual number of offenders who fit that criteria is very small.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation always picks the worst-case scenario and uses it as the norm,” said Carol Strickman, a staff attorney at Legal Services for Prisoners with Children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all the inmates locked in the Security Housing Unit are accused of being gang bosses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ernesto Lira was serving a sentence for drug possession in a low-security prison when he was sent to Pelican Bay for an “indeterminate” term. Authorities contended Lira was an associate of a violent Latino group known as Nuestra Raza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lira was not accused of doing anything tangible for the group. The key piece of evidence against him was a drawing found in his locker that allegedly contained gang symbols.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My first two months, it was hard to get used to the fact that I'm going to be here,\" Lira said. \"I looked and thought, maybe in a month or two, they'll realize that this is all a mistake and kick me out of here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lira said officials offered him a quick way out of the special unit: He could debrief, or snitch, on other gang members. But as a judge later determined, Lira couldn't do that because he wasn't a member of any gang. He wasn't released from isolation until his release from prison eight years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lira eventually won a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/249372-findings-of-fact-and-conclusions-of-law-final.html\">judgment\u003c/a> in U.S. District Court against the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in part for psychological damage he suffered while locked in isolation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In Ernesto's case, I think it's very emblematic of the fact that people can be placed in solitary confinement for the littlest of reasons: for having a drawing, for having an address in an address book, without confirming or denying whether that address was used for furthering gang activity,\" said Charles Carbone, an attorney who has represented dozens of Pelican Bay inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corrections officials declined to discuss Lira's case. But they now are considering changes that, if fully implemented, would keep inmates like Lira out of isolation units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under a \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/more-inmates-shorter-terms-possible-isolation-lockup-12401\">plan\u003c/a> being reviewed by department officials, an inmate would have to commit a specific offense for a gang or be involved in an active conspiracy to qualify for placement in one of the state’s four Security Housing Units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also under consideration are incentives to encourage inmates to work their way out of the units through better behavior. This is known as a stepdown program, which usually does not require inmates to debrief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former prison gang leaders like Rene Enriquez say the plan could work. Enriquez was a top leader in the Mexican Mafia who spent 10 years in Pelican Bay’s Security Housing Unit before deciding to leave the gang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's a wonderful concept,\" Enriquez said. \"It would have saved me a whole lot of grief. It might have taken me off the hit list.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enriquez’s 2004 \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEvsD7pyp5w\">debriefing video\u003c/a> has attracted more than 600,000 hits on YouTube. Since then, Enriquez has cooperated from behind bars in several high-level gang prosecutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the department should stay tough on gang leaders, but it should take a more nuanced approach toward others, including offering another path out of the isolation units that doesn't include debriefing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Fifty percent of the members of the Mexican Mafia would gravitate towards dropping out if it was less traumatic … and didn’t require snitching,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corrections officials are expecting to have a set of policy proposals ready for stakeholder review by late October. But they emphasize two things: Any big changes could take many months to hammer out, and the department will continue to use special segregation units for inmates who pose a major security threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Michael Montgomery is an investigative reporter with KQED and California Watch. Read \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/\">more from California Watch\u003c/a> here\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1384819638,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":36,"wordCount":1295},"headData":{"title":"A Tale of 2 Inmates: Gang Lord, Petty Thief Both Wind Up in Windowless Isolation Units | KQED","description":"From California Watch One man was a petty thief mistakenly identified as a player in a violent Latino prison gang. The other was a convicted murderer whose numerous assaults behind bars and continuing influence on the streets earned him a reputation as a ruthless gang leader. 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The other was a convicted murderer whose numerous assaults behind bars and continuing influence on the streets earned him a reputation as a ruthless gang leader.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40086\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 304px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/califprisoner.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-40086\" title=\"califprisoner\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/califprisoner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"203\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arturo Castellanos. Photo: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fact that both men were locked for years in grim, windowless isolation cells at Pelican Bay State Prison illustrates the challenge that corrections officials face as they overhaul the state’s controversial Security Housing Units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opened in 1989, Pelican Bay was designed to house California’s most dangerous inmates. The prison’s Security Housing Unit goes a step further, locking inmates identified as prison gang members or associates in a warren of concrete cells where the only view of the outside world is framed on small television sets. Some inmates have been housed in the units since Pelican Bay opened its gates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corrections officials say the lengthy confinement and extreme security measures are necessary to curb the ability of gang leaders to pass orders to subordinates in other prisons and on the streets. And they point to inmates like Arturo Castellanos to make their case. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Castellanos was convicted of murder in Los Angeles County in 1979 and sentenced to 26 years to life. But his life of crime flourished behind bars, according to prison records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an inmate, Castellanos’ disciplinary record includes six stabbings and various drug violations. In 1990, he was sent to Pelican Bay’s Security Housing Unit after corrections officials identified him as a member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In spite of Pelican Bay’s harsh conditions, authorities allege Castellanos continued to command gang members on the street through edicts smuggled out of prison on tiny scraps of paper known as “kites.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a 2007 federal indictment, Castellanos guided a Latino street gang known as F13 as it launched a turf battle against African American rivals. The action triggered a wave of racial violence against African Americans living in the Florence-Firestone area north of Watts, according to court documents. More than 20 people were killed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was just amazed that an individual who no one has seen for generations was able to control the violence and illegal criminal activity of an area that he hasn't been to in more than three decades,\" said Peter Hernandez, an assistant U.S. attorney for California's Central District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal prosecutors eventually indicted 104 suspects in the case, but not Castellanos. He already was serving a life sentence, and the government concluded it was safer to keep Castellanos in isolation and not pull him out of Pelican Bay for court hearings, which would have been required had he been indicted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was important that … Castellanos not be let out, because he holds sway over gang members to do things they would otherwise not want to do,\" Hernandez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2006, Castellanos has been housed in a special section of Pelican Bay’s Security Housing Unit that is reserved for inmates deemed influential gang leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that didn’t stop him and three other inmates from organizing a three-week hunger strike to demand better conditions and changes in department policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a recent \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201108180850/b\">media tour\u003c/a>, Pelican Bay acting Warden Greg Lewis claimed the four hunger strike leaders, including Castellanos, were in the upper echelons of major prison gangs and continued to pose a serious security threat. Lewis said the men are “intelligent, very manipulative and possess the intellect to orchestrate what they did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While prisoner rights advocates concede that some inmates should be segregated from the regular prison population if they are violent or directly involved in criminal conspiracies, they say the actual number of offenders who fit that criteria is very small.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation always picks the worst-case scenario and uses it as the norm,” said Carol Strickman, a staff attorney at Legal Services for Prisoners with Children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all the inmates locked in the Security Housing Unit are accused of being gang bosses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ernesto Lira was serving a sentence for drug possession in a low-security prison when he was sent to Pelican Bay for an “indeterminate” term. Authorities contended Lira was an associate of a violent Latino group known as Nuestra Raza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lira was not accused of doing anything tangible for the group. The key piece of evidence against him was a drawing found in his locker that allegedly contained gang symbols.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My first two months, it was hard to get used to the fact that I'm going to be here,\" Lira said. \"I looked and thought, maybe in a month or two, they'll realize that this is all a mistake and kick me out of here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lira said officials offered him a quick way out of the special unit: He could debrief, or snitch, on other gang members. But as a judge later determined, Lira couldn't do that because he wasn't a member of any gang. He wasn't released from isolation until his release from prison eight years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lira eventually won a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/249372-findings-of-fact-and-conclusions-of-law-final.html\">judgment\u003c/a> in U.S. District Court against the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in part for psychological damage he suffered while locked in isolation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In Ernesto's case, I think it's very emblematic of the fact that people can be placed in solitary confinement for the littlest of reasons: for having a drawing, for having an address in an address book, without confirming or denying whether that address was used for furthering gang activity,\" said Charles Carbone, an attorney who has represented dozens of Pelican Bay inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corrections officials declined to discuss Lira's case. But they now are considering changes that, if fully implemented, would keep inmates like Lira out of isolation units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under a \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/more-inmates-shorter-terms-possible-isolation-lockup-12401\">plan\u003c/a> being reviewed by department officials, an inmate would have to commit a specific offense for a gang or be involved in an active conspiracy to qualify for placement in one of the state’s four Security Housing Units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also under consideration are incentives to encourage inmates to work their way out of the units through better behavior. This is known as a stepdown program, which usually does not require inmates to debrief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former prison gang leaders like Rene Enriquez say the plan could work. Enriquez was a top leader in the Mexican Mafia who spent 10 years in Pelican Bay’s Security Housing Unit before deciding to leave the gang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's a wonderful concept,\" Enriquez said. \"It would have saved me a whole lot of grief. It might have taken me off the hit list.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enriquez’s 2004 \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEvsD7pyp5w\">debriefing video\u003c/a> has attracted more than 600,000 hits on YouTube. Since then, Enriquez has cooperated from behind bars in several high-level gang prosecutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the department should stay tough on gang leaders, but it should take a more nuanced approach toward others, including offering another path out of the isolation units that doesn't include debriefing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Fifty percent of the members of the Mexican Mafia would gravitate towards dropping out if it was less traumatic … and didn’t require snitching,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corrections officials are expecting to have a set of policy proposals ready for stakeholder review by late October. But they emphasize two things: Any big changes could take many months to hammer out, and the department will continue to use special segregation units for inmates who pose a major security threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Michael Montgomery is an investigative reporter with KQED and California Watch. Read \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/\">more from California Watch\u003c/a> here\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/40046/a-tale-of-2-maximum-security-inmates-gang-lord-petty-thief-both-wind-up-in-windowless-isolation-units","authors":["245"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_6188","news_8"],"tags":["news_616","news_615"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_37436":{"type":"posts","id":"news_37436","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"37436","score":null,"sort":[1313705250000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"officials-prison-isolation-units-focus-of-reform","title":"Prison Officials Say Conditions Will Improve, Inmates Ready to Strike Again","publishDate":1313705250,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Prison Officials Say Conditions Will Improve, Inmates Ready to Strike Again | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37541\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/Cunitofpbshu_MichaelMontgomery.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37541\" title=\"Cunitofpbshu_MichaelMontgomery\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/Cunitofpbshu_MichaelMontgomery-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A unit of cells in the Security Housing Unit at Pelican Bay State prison.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A unit of cells in the Security Housing Unit at Pelican Bay State prison. Photo: Michael Montgomery/KQED\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By Michael Montgomery\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[original blog post available at CaliforniaWatch.org]\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State corrections officials are moving forward with a major policy initiative that could improve conditions and reduce the length of time some inmates spend in controversial isolation units. The changes are being proposed amid threats of another hunger strike by inmates who spearheaded one last month at Pelican Bay State Prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy changes, which still are being worked out, are in line with proposals highlighted in an internal study completed in 2007 by a panel of experts appointed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, according to interviews and documents. The panel’s recommendations included:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Moving to a conduct-based model that punishes inmates for tangible offenses, rather than for mere affiliation with a gang. This approach is widely used in other states and by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ending the practice of indefinite detention of alleged prison gang members and associates in the Security Housing Units\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ending the practice of automatically sending validated prison gang members and associates to the Security Housing Units\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Creating a “step-down” program inside the Security Housing Units to encourage positive behavior by offering incentives, such as special programs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ending the distinction between prison gangs and other threat groups to give the department more flexibility in determining inmate placement in the Security Housing Units\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nCorrections Undersecretary Scott Kernan said the department is doing more than conducting another assessment of current policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37542\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 225px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/exerciseareaforshu_Michael-Montgomery.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37542\" title=\"exerciseareaforshu_Michael-Montgomery\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/exerciseareaforshu_Michael-Montgomery-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"A bare room used for exercise by the Security Housing Unit at Pelican Bay State Prison.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A designated exercise area in the Security Housing Unit (SHU). Inmates in the SHU are only permitted to leave their cells to shower and to exercise in designated areas. Photo: Michael Montgomery/KQED\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m not talking about another study,” he said. “I’m talking about making some changes that make the process much more in tune and in line with national best practices. And that’s what the secretary is going to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kernan conceded there are “holes” in the department’s policies for gang management and its use of the Security Housing Units. He also said the state was wrong to deny some personal items to inmates housed in the special facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s a sign of strength that the department looked at that (Security Housing Unit policy) and was able to admit their mistakes and that we’re moving forward,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy overhaul could include substantive changes in gang validation criteria and the practice known as debriefing, which requires inmates to divulge gang secrets in order to return to a regular prison cell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to come up with a justifiable due-process validation process and debriefing process that makes sense and that’s consistent with the rest of the nation,” Kernan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prison experts say California’s current policy is outdated, inefficient, legally vulnerable and often targets gang associates who do not pose a major security risk while leaving more dangerous inmates housed in the general prison population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmate rights groups say the policies are inhumane, leaving some inmates languishing in isolation for decades. The American Civil Liberties Union and others have called on California to adopt practices used in other states, where inmates are locked in isolation only if they commit serious, tangible offenses and for fixed terms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37544\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/exteriorpbshu_MichaelMontgomery.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37544\" title=\"exteriorpbshu_MichaelMontgomery\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/exteriorpbshu_MichaelMontgomery-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"An exterior shot of Pelican Bay State Prison's Security Housing Unit.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pelican Bay State Prison's Security Housing Unit has emergency entrance points that allow guards quick entry into the units. The entry points are often mistaken for inmate exercise yards. Photo: Michael Montgomery/KQED\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kernan emphasized the changes are not a response to last month’s hunger strike and are aimed at improving security for inmates and staff. He said the department is taking a cautious approach and is not considering a mass release of inmates from the Security Housing Units into the general prison population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any (policy) modification could very well result in serious spikes in violence in the system,” he said. “So we have to do this right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kernan also said the changes would depend on the governor’s realignment plan being successfully implemented and would need buy-in from the Legislature, unions and other stakeholders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmates and advocates said that during the hunger strike, Kernan spoke of major policy changes, but in a July 20 memo, he states only that the department was “reviewing” gang validation and debriefing policies. Department sources said the memo was intended to focus on “minor changes that did not require stakeholder review.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kernan is expected to testify Tuesday before the Assembly’s Public Safety Committee. The hearing was called in response to the inmate hunger strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a media tour at Pelican Bay yesterday, acting Warden Greg Lewis declined to go into detail about the new policy and said any changes would move slowly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Change is like an aircraft carrier. It takes many miles to turn an aircraft carrier,” he said. “It (the plan) is going to be thoroughly vetted, thoroughly reviewed. And I foresee some change. I really do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37551\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/DUnitshu_Michael-Montgomery.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37551\" title=\"DUnitshu_Michael-Montgomery\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/DUnitshu_Michael-Montgomery-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The D Unit in Pelican Bay's Security Housing Unit.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The hunger strike started with prisoners in the D section of the Security Housing Unit. Photo: Michael Montgomery/KQED\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kernan is scheduled to meet strike leaders at Pelican Bay tomorrow, with Donald Specter, head of the Berkeley-based Prison Law Office. Kernan said he will inform inmates about the department’s long-term goals and will emphasize that it could take months to develop a detailed new policy for the Security Housing Units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But within weeks, a new system could be in place to allow inmates in the Security Housing Units to earn privileges, such as phone calls to family members, craft items and exercise equipment, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, it remains unclear whether inmates will be swayed by the department’s new initiative. Pelican Bay inmate and hunger strike leader George Franco wrote a letter warning of new protests if corrections officials don’t move swiftly on changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re only waiting to see if he (Kernan) will keep his word. If not, we will re-enact our hunger strike indefinitely and there is nothing they can say to any of us, period,” Franco wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Franco’s entire letter, and accompanying documents, are included and transcribed below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED has not verified facts in the letter, and note that CDCR Undersecretary’s name is Scott Kernan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is a transcription of Mr. Franco’s letter:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mr. Montgomery,\u003cbr>\nI am in receipt of your postcard on ___\u003cbr>\nIn a few words: he promised the whole five core demands.\u003cbr>\nI thank you for taking the time out to write to me and it will be my pleasure to answer all your questions, because what we need out there more than anything is the truth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meeting 1: on 7-14-2011 we had our first negotiation with the CDCR secretary Scott Kerhan, it was me and three other negotiators. I personally represented the Mexican (Northern District – optional). Mr. Scott Kernan was very demanding and disrespectful towards us therefore, the negotiators went “no where” we explained to our mediation team what occurred and what to do as a result of this meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meeting II: on 7-18-2011, c/o Ellery approached one of the negotiators saying that he was sent down to ask the three negotiators if they would meet with Associate Warden K.I. McGuyer, Captain Wood, due to the New Afrikan negotiator being transferred early that morning on 7-18-2011 at 5:30 AM. We insisted that we would not go out to meet with them unless there was a New Afrikan representative. The c/o Ellery made several trips explaining our position.\u003cbr>\nThen the associate warden K.L. McGuyer came down himself along with Captain Wood.\u003cbr>\nThey asked one of the negotiators would they agree to meet with undersecretary Scott Kernan, tomorrow on 7-19-2011, the negotiators said only if a substitute New Afrikan could take the place of the one you all transferred abruptly.\u003cbr>\nHe said yes!!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meeting III: Did not take place on 7-19-2011, because Undersecretary Scott Kernan did not show up, but he did show up on 7-20-2011.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meeting III: on 7-20-2011 in the board of prison term-room all four principal negotiators met face to face with Undersecretary Scott Kernan along with the following officials: Director George Giurbino, Warden G.D. Lewis, Associate Warden K.L. McGuyer, and eight COIS correctional officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first thing Mr. Kernan, asked us to do is end the hunger strike and we said, we cannot do that without our five core demands being met, Mr. Kernan said its impossible for me to meet all of your five core demands with all that’s going on with the hunger strike. We said that we are making our sacrifice due to the 25 years of torturing and suffering we have endured. Mr. Kernan then said I agree with all of your five core demands, “everything you all asked for you should of received/had a long time ago,” but I cannot give you all five core demands over night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mr. Kernan, was very agitated/anxious, he then said I will give you all your five core demands, we said when, he said in two to three weeks I’ll come back up (from 7-20-2011) and we will progressively attack this but all five will be given. We said what can you give us right now? Before you come back up to implement 1 thru 5 he said you can have all of five. Many of us haven’t talked to our families in over 20 years and some in 10 to 40 yrs. Then he lied and propagated something else (i.e. calendar, proctor, and watch cap) this pissed everyone off but we remain united and ready. He did this to try and demoralize our support. But if he don’t keep his word all he did is played on CDCR administration. Because we’re only waiting to see if he will keep his word. If not we will reenact our hunger strike indefinitely and there is nothing they can say to any of us period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDCR Cate/Kernan, also put fake five core demands see enclosed memo he signed 7-20-2011.\u003cbr>\nAlso see our real five core demands that we “Pelican Bay human rights movement” stand by demands.\u003cbr>\nIt should be clear that we negotiators had a 3 ∏ hour meeting with Scott Kernan and his chronies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In respects to changing (SHU) policy he said that they were already in the process of changing policy as to long term solitary confinement he’s a joke he even went so far to tell us “let’s keep our business between us we do not need no class action lawsuit we can rectify this ourselves.” Just prisoners and officials they’re attempting to exclude our mediation team. They CDCR said they’re moving from information base placement in solitary confinement to behavior/conduct placement into solitary confinement. But he said our five core demands will be implemented bottomline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Note: I been in (SHU) on an indeterminate SHU since beginning of 1992. For conspiracy to commit harm to others safety. This info was given by informant(s). Every six yrs I could appear before a committee to see if I’m eligible for the six yrs. Non-active so that I can be sent to a mainline but before this six yr. period an institutional gang investigator (IGI) with search property in cell and for some reason will always use something a picture, drawing, pattern, address plus some so called valid info to use to extend the six yr non-active period all over again. It’s a cycle we all go through. If I choose to debrief: snitch-rat I would be let out to a mainline but that is not my belief. I would never have a person put in SHU. So like I said only option to get out of SHU is either snitch, die or parole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conditions/policies are so abused I was put on mail restriction meaning I have to appear before a special committee every 6 months with a list of names/addresses so they can consider having them put on my approved correspondence list. I was put on this mail restriction back in 5-18-2011. I was not given a writeup for any so called CDCR mail violations. This is another tactic IGI uses to cut off our communications with family, relatives, and friends. Us prisoners and our families, relatives, and friends are accused/penalized for so called conducting illegal/gang activities. Children to grandparents have been accused of such “?”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With respect,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>George Franco\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Note: Please send copies of our original (5) core demands also a copy of Kernan’s non-sense (5) core demands. ‘Thank you.’\u003cbr>\nOne more item of evidence to present to you this CDC 128-B chrono is what is given to us and a similar one to whoevers mail got stopped by CDCR. Shot caller press pertains to having inmates compete for a financial prize on best poems, stories, literature its harmless. You see on the left hand side all the little squares that IGI can use/abuse to cut off our communications. This tactic also scares off people to communicate with us further. This tactic also scares off people to communicate with us further. This tactic is abused it penalizes, violates peoples 1st amendment right. This form stated being used when the short corridor was established. All these different options can be fabricated for violations in order to have our mail stopped/confiscated.\u003cbr>\nYou can check with this shot caller press in Portland Or. To get a better insight of what they print. “This is it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Michael Montgomery is an investigative reporter with KQED and California Watch. Read more from California Watch \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1685492684,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":43,"wordCount":2384},"headData":{"title":"Prison Officials Say Conditions Will Improve, Inmates Ready to Strike Again | KQED","description":"By Michael Montgomery State corrections officials are moving forward with a major policy initiative that could improve conditions and reduce the length of time some inmates spend in controversial isolation units. 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Photo: Michael Montgomery/KQED\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By Michael Montgomery\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[original blog post available at CaliforniaWatch.org]\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State corrections officials are moving forward with a major policy initiative that could improve conditions and reduce the length of time some inmates spend in controversial isolation units. The changes are being proposed amid threats of another hunger strike by inmates who spearheaded one last month at Pelican Bay State Prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy changes, which still are being worked out, are in line with proposals highlighted in an internal study completed in 2007 by a panel of experts appointed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, according to interviews and documents. The panel’s recommendations included:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Moving to a conduct-based model that punishes inmates for tangible offenses, rather than for mere affiliation with a gang. This approach is widely used in other states and by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ending the practice of indefinite detention of alleged prison gang members and associates in the Security Housing Units\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ending the practice of automatically sending validated prison gang members and associates to the Security Housing Units\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Creating a “step-down” program inside the Security Housing Units to encourage positive behavior by offering incentives, such as special programs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ending the distinction between prison gangs and other threat groups to give the department more flexibility in determining inmate placement in the Security Housing Units\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nCorrections Undersecretary Scott Kernan said the department is doing more than conducting another assessment of current policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37542\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 225px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/exerciseareaforshu_Michael-Montgomery.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37542\" title=\"exerciseareaforshu_Michael-Montgomery\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/exerciseareaforshu_Michael-Montgomery-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"A bare room used for exercise by the Security Housing Unit at Pelican Bay State Prison.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A designated exercise area in the Security Housing Unit (SHU). Inmates in the SHU are only permitted to leave their cells to shower and to exercise in designated areas. Photo: Michael Montgomery/KQED\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m not talking about another study,” he said. “I’m talking about making some changes that make the process much more in tune and in line with national best practices. And that’s what the secretary is going to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kernan conceded there are “holes” in the department’s policies for gang management and its use of the Security Housing Units. He also said the state was wrong to deny some personal items to inmates housed in the special facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s a sign of strength that the department looked at that (Security Housing Unit policy) and was able to admit their mistakes and that we’re moving forward,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy overhaul could include substantive changes in gang validation criteria and the practice known as debriefing, which requires inmates to divulge gang secrets in order to return to a regular prison cell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to come up with a justifiable due-process validation process and debriefing process that makes sense and that’s consistent with the rest of the nation,” Kernan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prison experts say California’s current policy is outdated, inefficient, legally vulnerable and often targets gang associates who do not pose a major security risk while leaving more dangerous inmates housed in the general prison population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmate rights groups say the policies are inhumane, leaving some inmates languishing in isolation for decades. The American Civil Liberties Union and others have called on California to adopt practices used in other states, where inmates are locked in isolation only if they commit serious, tangible offenses and for fixed terms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37544\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/exteriorpbshu_MichaelMontgomery.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37544\" title=\"exteriorpbshu_MichaelMontgomery\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/exteriorpbshu_MichaelMontgomery-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"An exterior shot of Pelican Bay State Prison's Security Housing Unit.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pelican Bay State Prison's Security Housing Unit has emergency entrance points that allow guards quick entry into the units. The entry points are often mistaken for inmate exercise yards. Photo: Michael Montgomery/KQED\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kernan emphasized the changes are not a response to last month’s hunger strike and are aimed at improving security for inmates and staff. He said the department is taking a cautious approach and is not considering a mass release of inmates from the Security Housing Units into the general prison population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any (policy) modification could very well result in serious spikes in violence in the system,” he said. “So we have to do this right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kernan also said the changes would depend on the governor’s realignment plan being successfully implemented and would need buy-in from the Legislature, unions and other stakeholders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmates and advocates said that during the hunger strike, Kernan spoke of major policy changes, but in a July 20 memo, he states only that the department was “reviewing” gang validation and debriefing policies. Department sources said the memo was intended to focus on “minor changes that did not require stakeholder review.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kernan is expected to testify Tuesday before the Assembly’s Public Safety Committee. The hearing was called in response to the inmate hunger strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a media tour at Pelican Bay yesterday, acting Warden Greg Lewis declined to go into detail about the new policy and said any changes would move slowly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Change is like an aircraft carrier. It takes many miles to turn an aircraft carrier,” he said. “It (the plan) is going to be thoroughly vetted, thoroughly reviewed. And I foresee some change. I really do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_37551\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/DUnitshu_Michael-Montgomery.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37551\" title=\"DUnitshu_Michael-Montgomery\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/DUnitshu_Michael-Montgomery-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The D Unit in Pelican Bay's Security Housing Unit.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The hunger strike started with prisoners in the D section of the Security Housing Unit. Photo: Michael Montgomery/KQED\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kernan is scheduled to meet strike leaders at Pelican Bay tomorrow, with Donald Specter, head of the Berkeley-based Prison Law Office. Kernan said he will inform inmates about the department’s long-term goals and will emphasize that it could take months to develop a detailed new policy for the Security Housing Units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But within weeks, a new system could be in place to allow inmates in the Security Housing Units to earn privileges, such as phone calls to family members, craft items and exercise equipment, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, it remains unclear whether inmates will be swayed by the department’s new initiative. Pelican Bay inmate and hunger strike leader George Franco wrote a letter warning of new protests if corrections officials don’t move swiftly on changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re only waiting to see if he (Kernan) will keep his word. If not, we will re-enact our hunger strike indefinitely and there is nothing they can say to any of us, period,” Franco wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Franco’s entire letter, and accompanying documents, are included and transcribed below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED has not verified facts in the letter, and note that CDCR Undersecretary’s name is Scott Kernan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is a transcription of Mr. Franco’s letter:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mr. Montgomery,\u003cbr>\nI am in receipt of your postcard on ___\u003cbr>\nIn a few words: he promised the whole five core demands.\u003cbr>\nI thank you for taking the time out to write to me and it will be my pleasure to answer all your questions, because what we need out there more than anything is the truth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meeting 1: on 7-14-2011 we had our first negotiation with the CDCR secretary Scott Kerhan, it was me and three other negotiators. I personally represented the Mexican (Northern District – optional). Mr. Scott Kernan was very demanding and disrespectful towards us therefore, the negotiators went “no where” we explained to our mediation team what occurred and what to do as a result of this meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meeting II: on 7-18-2011, c/o Ellery approached one of the negotiators saying that he was sent down to ask the three negotiators if they would meet with Associate Warden K.I. McGuyer, Captain Wood, due to the New Afrikan negotiator being transferred early that morning on 7-18-2011 at 5:30 AM. We insisted that we would not go out to meet with them unless there was a New Afrikan representative. The c/o Ellery made several trips explaining our position.\u003cbr>\nThen the associate warden K.L. McGuyer came down himself along with Captain Wood.\u003cbr>\nThey asked one of the negotiators would they agree to meet with undersecretary Scott Kernan, tomorrow on 7-19-2011, the negotiators said only if a substitute New Afrikan could take the place of the one you all transferred abruptly.\u003cbr>\nHe said yes!!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meeting III: Did not take place on 7-19-2011, because Undersecretary Scott Kernan did not show up, but he did show up on 7-20-2011.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meeting III: on 7-20-2011 in the board of prison term-room all four principal negotiators met face to face with Undersecretary Scott Kernan along with the following officials: Director George Giurbino, Warden G.D. Lewis, Associate Warden K.L. McGuyer, and eight COIS correctional officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first thing Mr. Kernan, asked us to do is end the hunger strike and we said, we cannot do that without our five core demands being met, Mr. Kernan said its impossible for me to meet all of your five core demands with all that’s going on with the hunger strike. We said that we are making our sacrifice due to the 25 years of torturing and suffering we have endured. Mr. Kernan then said I agree with all of your five core demands, “everything you all asked for you should of received/had a long time ago,” but I cannot give you all five core demands over night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mr. Kernan, was very agitated/anxious, he then said I will give you all your five core demands, we said when, he said in two to three weeks I’ll come back up (from 7-20-2011) and we will progressively attack this but all five will be given. We said what can you give us right now? Before you come back up to implement 1 thru 5 he said you can have all of five. Many of us haven’t talked to our families in over 20 years and some in 10 to 40 yrs. Then he lied and propagated something else (i.e. calendar, proctor, and watch cap) this pissed everyone off but we remain united and ready. He did this to try and demoralize our support. But if he don’t keep his word all he did is played on CDCR administration. Because we’re only waiting to see if he will keep his word. If not we will reenact our hunger strike indefinitely and there is nothing they can say to any of us period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDCR Cate/Kernan, also put fake five core demands see enclosed memo he signed 7-20-2011.\u003cbr>\nAlso see our real five core demands that we “Pelican Bay human rights movement” stand by demands.\u003cbr>\nIt should be clear that we negotiators had a 3 ∏ hour meeting with Scott Kernan and his chronies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In respects to changing (SHU) policy he said that they were already in the process of changing policy as to long term solitary confinement he’s a joke he even went so far to tell us “let’s keep our business between us we do not need no class action lawsuit we can rectify this ourselves.” Just prisoners and officials they’re attempting to exclude our mediation team. They CDCR said they’re moving from information base placement in solitary confinement to behavior/conduct placement into solitary confinement. But he said our five core demands will be implemented bottomline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Note: I been in (SHU) on an indeterminate SHU since beginning of 1992. For conspiracy to commit harm to others safety. This info was given by informant(s). Every six yrs I could appear before a committee to see if I’m eligible for the six yrs. Non-active so that I can be sent to a mainline but before this six yr. period an institutional gang investigator (IGI) with search property in cell and for some reason will always use something a picture, drawing, pattern, address plus some so called valid info to use to extend the six yr non-active period all over again. It’s a cycle we all go through. If I choose to debrief: snitch-rat I would be let out to a mainline but that is not my belief. I would never have a person put in SHU. So like I said only option to get out of SHU is either snitch, die or parole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conditions/policies are so abused I was put on mail restriction meaning I have to appear before a special committee every 6 months with a list of names/addresses so they can consider having them put on my approved correspondence list. I was put on this mail restriction back in 5-18-2011. I was not given a writeup for any so called CDCR mail violations. This is another tactic IGI uses to cut off our communications with family, relatives, and friends. Us prisoners and our families, relatives, and friends are accused/penalized for so called conducting illegal/gang activities. Children to grandparents have been accused of such “?”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With respect,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>George Franco\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Note: Please send copies of our original (5) core demands also a copy of Kernan’s non-sense (5) core demands. ‘Thank you.’\u003cbr>\nOne more item of evidence to present to you this CDC 128-B chrono is what is given to us and a similar one to whoevers mail got stopped by CDCR. Shot caller press pertains to having inmates compete for a financial prize on best poems, stories, literature its harmless. You see on the left hand side all the little squares that IGI can use/abuse to cut off our communications. This tactic also scares off people to communicate with us further. This tactic also scares off people to communicate with us further. This tactic is abused it penalizes, violates peoples 1st amendment right. This form stated being used when the short corridor was established. All these different options can be fabricated for violations in order to have our mail stopped/confiscated.\u003cbr>\nYou can check with this shot caller press in Portland Or. To get a better insight of what they print. “This is it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Michael Montgomery is an investigative reporter with KQED and California Watch. Read more from California Watch \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/37436/officials-prison-isolation-units-focus-of-reform","authors":["236"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_6188","news_8"],"tags":["news_616","news_615","news_1704"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_34882":{"type":"posts","id":"news_34882","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"34882","score":null,"sort":[1311632106000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"prison-hunger-strike-update","title":"What Did Prisoners on Hunger Strike Want, What Did They Get? ","publishDate":1311632106,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/pelicanbay2.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/pelicanbay2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"pelicanbay\" width=\"180\" height=\"154\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-35038\">\u003c/a>After most of the state prisoners on a hunger strike \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/22/BAL71KDE63.DTL\">ended it\u003c/a> last week, attorney Carol Strickman of Legal Services for Prisoners With Children, who represented the demands of the strikers to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, made a statement as to what she thought the strike accomplished. Strickman refers to SHUs -- Security Housing Units, where inmates deemed as affiliated with prison gangs are housed in extreme isolation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The CDCR promised to make long-term positive changes in its policies regarding SHU (Security Housing Unit) confinement. But these changes will of course take much longer than a hunger strike can last. So to demonstrate its good faith the CDCR granted some small concessions, and to show theirs, the prisoner leaders ended the hunger strike. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hunger strike was successful because (in the prisoners' view) it has brought CDCR into the open regarding: its torutous and barbaric practices in the SHU. And second it has boosted a growing movement for the rights of prisoners. And third it has unified prisoners of different racial groups for a struggle against the policies of CDCR.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>You can listen to her entire statement here: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/hungerstrike.mp3\">\u003cstrong>Attorney Carol Strickman on the hunger strike\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n[audio:http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/hungerstrike.mp3|titles=hungerstrike]\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nAs Scott Shafer \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201107250850/b\">reported \u003c/a>on The California Report this morning, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says it hasn't agreed to anything related to Security Housing Units other than a comprehensive review. Reasons for being sent to and conditions within these isolation cells, which KQED's Michael Montgomery \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/07/20/interview-what-is-the-hunger-strike-by-california-prisoners-about/\">characterized\u003c/a> to us as \"windowless boxes,\" were at the heart of the strike. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it remains to be seen whether these polices will seriously be reconsidered (a previous review resulted in few if any changes), some of the smaller requests by prisoners were agreed to. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even among the larger demands regarding conditions that some prison advocates characterize as \"torture,\" it was these smaller requests that actually stood out for me. Because they seem so trivial. That is, until you try to put yourself in the place of someone who experiences the following in an SHU, as described by Michael Montgomery: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(Prisoners) do not leave their cell at all except for around an hour of exercise they get individually. That takes place in an adjoining concrete exercise pen. They don't go outside; in fact they don’t see the outside at all unless they have a very infrequent visit, for example, to a medical facility, or they go to court for a trial...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The inmates really have little contact with each other. You can't really even see out of the cell doors themselves. In many ways it's like living in a windowless box.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Some of the smaller things the prisoners asked for within the Security Housing Unit:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>A) Expand visiting regarding amount of time and adding one day per week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>B) Allow one photo per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>C) Allow a weekly phone call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>D) Allow Two annual packages per year. A 30 lb. package based on \"item\" weight and not packaging and box weight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>E) Expand canteen and package items allowed. Allow us to have the items in their original packaging [the cost for cosmetics, stationary, envelopes, should not count towards the max draw limit]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>F) More TV channels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>G) Allow TV/Radio combinations, or TV and small battery operated radio\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>H) Allow Hobby Craft Items - art paper, colored pens, small pieces of colored pencils, watercolors, chalk, etc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I) Allow sweat suits and watch caps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>J) Allow wall calendars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>K) Install pull-up/dip bars on SHU yards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>L) Allow correspondence courses that require proctored exams.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The full list of demands below: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"complete\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>OUR FIVE CORE DEMANDS:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1. Individual Accountability - This is in response to PBSP's application of \"group punishment\" as a means to address individual inmates rule violations. This includes the administration's abusive, pretextual use of \"safety and concern\" to justify what are unnecessary punitive acts. This policy has been applied in the context of justifying indefinite SHU status, and progressively restricting our programming and privileges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2. Abolish the Debriefing Policy, and Modify Active/Inactive Gang Status Criteria - the debriefing policy is illegal and redundant, as pointed out in the Formal Complaint [IV-A, p. 7]. The Active/Inactive gang status criteria must be modified in order to comply with state law and applicable CDC are rule and regulations [eg, see Formal Complaint, p. 7, IV-B] as follows:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A) cease the use of innocuous association to deny an active status,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>B) cease the use of informant/debriefer allegations of illegal gang activity to deny inactive status, unless such allegations are also supported by factual corroborating evidence, in which case CDCR-PBSP staff shall and must follow the regulations by issuing a rule violation report and affording the inmate his due process required by law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3. Comply with US Commission 2006 Recommendations Regarding an End to Long-Term Solitary Confinement - CDCR shall implement the findings and recommendations of the US commission on safety and abuse in America's prisons final 2006 report regarding CDCR SHU facilities as follows:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A) End Conditions of Isolation (p. 14) Ensure that prisoners in SHU and Ad-Seg (Administrative Segregation) have regular meaningful contact and freedom from extreme physical deprivations that are known to cause lasting harm. (pp. 52-57)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>B) Make Segregation a Last Resort (p. 14). Create a more productive form of confinement in the areas of allowing inmates in SHU and Ad-Seg [Administrative Segregation] the opportunity to engage in meaningful self-help treatment, work, education, religious, and other productive activities relating to having a sense of being a part of the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>C) End Long-Term Solitary Confinement. Release inmates to general prison population who have been warehoused indefinitely in SHU for the last 10 to 40 years (and counting).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>D) Provide SHU Inmates Immediate Meaningful Access to:\u003cbr>\n\ti) adequate natural sunlight\u003cbr>\n\tii) quality health care and treatment, including the mandate of transferring all PBSP-SHU inmates with chronic health care problems to the New Folsom Medical SHU facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>4. Provide Adequate Food - cease the practice of denying adequate food, and provide a wholesome nutritional meals including special diet meals, and allow inmates to purchase additional vitamin supplements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A) PBSP staff must cease their use of food as a tool to punish SHU inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>B) Provide a sergeant/lieutenant to independently observe the serving of each meal, and ensure each tray has the complete issue of food on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>C) Feed the inmates whose job it is to serve SHU meals with meals that are separate from the pans of food sent from kitchen for SHU meals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>5. Expand and Provide Constructive Programming and Privileges for Indefinite SHU Status Inmates. Examples include:\u003cbr>\n\t\tA) Expand visiting regarding amount of time and adding one day per week.\u003cbr>\n\t\tB) Allow one photo per year.\u003cbr>\n\t\tC) Allow a weekly phone call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>D) Allow Two (2) annual packages per year. A 30 lb. package based on \"item\" weight and not packaging and box weight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>E) Expand canteen and package items allowed. Allow us to have the items in their original packaging [the cost for cosmetics, stationary, envelopes, should not count towards the max draw limit]\u003cbr>\nF) More TV channels.\u003cbr>\nG) Allow TV/Radio combinations, or TV and small battery operated radio\u003cbr>\nH) Allow Hobby Craft Items - art paper, colored pens, small pieces of colored pencils, watercolors, chalk, etc.\u003cbr>\nI) Allow sweat suits and watch caps.\u003cbr>\nJ) Allow wall calendars.\u003cbr>\nK) Install pull-up/dip bars on SHU yards.\u003cbr>\nL) Allow correspondence courses that require proctored exams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NOTE: The above examples of programs/privileges are all similar to what is allowed in other Supermax prisons (eg, Federal Florence, Colorado, and Ohio), which supports our position that CDCR-PBSP staff claims that such are a threat to safety and security are exaggerations.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1311635469,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":44,"wordCount":1315},"headData":{"title":"What Did Prisoners on Hunger Strike Want, What Did They Get? | KQED","description":"After most of the state prisoners on a hunger strike ended it last week, attorney Carol Strickman of Legal Services for Prisoners With Children, who represented the demands of the strikers to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, made a statement as to what she thought the strike accomplished. 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","path":"/news/34882/prison-hunger-strike-update","audioUrl":"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/files/2011/07/hungerstrike.mp3","audioDuration":null,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/pelicanbay2.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/pelicanbay2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"pelicanbay\" width=\"180\" height=\"154\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-35038\">\u003c/a>After most of the state prisoners on a hunger strike \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/22/BAL71KDE63.DTL\">ended it\u003c/a> last week, attorney Carol Strickman of Legal Services for Prisoners With Children, who represented the demands of the strikers to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, made a statement as to what she thought the strike accomplished. Strickman refers to SHUs -- Security Housing Units, where inmates deemed as affiliated with prison gangs are housed in extreme isolation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The CDCR promised to make long-term positive changes in its policies regarding SHU (Security Housing Unit) confinement. But these changes will of course take much longer than a hunger strike can last. So to demonstrate its good faith the CDCR granted some small concessions, and to show theirs, the prisoner leaders ended the hunger strike. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hunger strike was successful because (in the prisoners' view) it has brought CDCR into the open regarding: its torutous and barbaric practices in the SHU. And second it has boosted a growing movement for the rights of prisoners. And third it has unified prisoners of different racial groups for a struggle against the policies of CDCR.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>You can listen to her entire statement here: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/hungerstrike.mp3\">\u003cstrong>Attorney Carol Strickman on the hunger strike\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audio","attributes":{"named":{"label":":http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/hungerstrike.mp3|titles=hungerstrike"},"numeric":[":http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/hungerstrike.mp3|titles=hungerstrike"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nAs Scott Shafer \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201107250850/b\">reported \u003c/a>on The California Report this morning, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says it hasn't agreed to anything related to Security Housing Units other than a comprehensive review. Reasons for being sent to and conditions within these isolation cells, which KQED's Michael Montgomery \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/07/20/interview-what-is-the-hunger-strike-by-california-prisoners-about/\">characterized\u003c/a> to us as \"windowless boxes,\" were at the heart of the strike. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it remains to be seen whether these polices will seriously be reconsidered (a previous review resulted in few if any changes), some of the smaller requests by prisoners were agreed to. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even among the larger demands regarding conditions that some prison advocates characterize as \"torture,\" it was these smaller requests that actually stood out for me. Because they seem so trivial. That is, until you try to put yourself in the place of someone who experiences the following in an SHU, as described by Michael Montgomery: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(Prisoners) do not leave their cell at all except for around an hour of exercise they get individually. That takes place in an adjoining concrete exercise pen. They don't go outside; in fact they don’t see the outside at all unless they have a very infrequent visit, for example, to a medical facility, or they go to court for a trial...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The inmates really have little contact with each other. You can't really even see out of the cell doors themselves. In many ways it's like living in a windowless box.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Some of the smaller things the prisoners asked for within the Security Housing Unit:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>A) Expand visiting regarding amount of time and adding one day per week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>B) Allow one photo per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>C) Allow a weekly phone call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>D) Allow Two annual packages per year. A 30 lb. package based on \"item\" weight and not packaging and box weight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>E) Expand canteen and package items allowed. Allow us to have the items in their original packaging [the cost for cosmetics, stationary, envelopes, should not count towards the max draw limit]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>F) More TV channels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>G) Allow TV/Radio combinations, or TV and small battery operated radio\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>H) Allow Hobby Craft Items - art paper, colored pens, small pieces of colored pencils, watercolors, chalk, etc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I) Allow sweat suits and watch caps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>J) Allow wall calendars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>K) Install pull-up/dip bars on SHU yards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>L) Allow correspondence courses that require proctored exams.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The full list of demands below: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"complete\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>OUR FIVE CORE DEMANDS:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1. Individual Accountability - This is in response to PBSP's application of \"group punishment\" as a means to address individual inmates rule violations. This includes the administration's abusive, pretextual use of \"safety and concern\" to justify what are unnecessary punitive acts. This policy has been applied in the context of justifying indefinite SHU status, and progressively restricting our programming and privileges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2. Abolish the Debriefing Policy, and Modify Active/Inactive Gang Status Criteria - the debriefing policy is illegal and redundant, as pointed out in the Formal Complaint [IV-A, p. 7]. The Active/Inactive gang status criteria must be modified in order to comply with state law and applicable CDC are rule and regulations [eg, see Formal Complaint, p. 7, IV-B] as follows:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A) cease the use of innocuous association to deny an active status,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>B) cease the use of informant/debriefer allegations of illegal gang activity to deny inactive status, unless such allegations are also supported by factual corroborating evidence, in which case CDCR-PBSP staff shall and must follow the regulations by issuing a rule violation report and affording the inmate his due process required by law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3. Comply with US Commission 2006 Recommendations Regarding an End to Long-Term Solitary Confinement - CDCR shall implement the findings and recommendations of the US commission on safety and abuse in America's prisons final 2006 report regarding CDCR SHU facilities as follows:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A) End Conditions of Isolation (p. 14) Ensure that prisoners in SHU and Ad-Seg (Administrative Segregation) have regular meaningful contact and freedom from extreme physical deprivations that are known to cause lasting harm. (pp. 52-57)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>B) Make Segregation a Last Resort (p. 14). Create a more productive form of confinement in the areas of allowing inmates in SHU and Ad-Seg [Administrative Segregation] the opportunity to engage in meaningful self-help treatment, work, education, religious, and other productive activities relating to having a sense of being a part of the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>C) End Long-Term Solitary Confinement. Release inmates to general prison population who have been warehoused indefinitely in SHU for the last 10 to 40 years (and counting).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>D) Provide SHU Inmates Immediate Meaningful Access to:\u003cbr>\n\ti) adequate natural sunlight\u003cbr>\n\tii) quality health care and treatment, including the mandate of transferring all PBSP-SHU inmates with chronic health care problems to the New Folsom Medical SHU facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>4. Provide Adequate Food - cease the practice of denying adequate food, and provide a wholesome nutritional meals including special diet meals, and allow inmates to purchase additional vitamin supplements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A) PBSP staff must cease their use of food as a tool to punish SHU inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>B) Provide a sergeant/lieutenant to independently observe the serving of each meal, and ensure each tray has the complete issue of food on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>C) Feed the inmates whose job it is to serve SHU meals with meals that are separate from the pans of food sent from kitchen for SHU meals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>5. Expand and Provide Constructive Programming and Privileges for Indefinite SHU Status Inmates. Examples include:\u003cbr>\n\t\tA) Expand visiting regarding amount of time and adding one day per week.\u003cbr>\n\t\tB) Allow one photo per year.\u003cbr>\n\t\tC) Allow a weekly phone call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>D) Allow Two (2) annual packages per year. A 30 lb. package based on \"item\" weight and not packaging and box weight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>E) Expand canteen and package items allowed. Allow us to have the items in their original packaging [the cost for cosmetics, stationary, envelopes, should not count towards the max draw limit]\u003cbr>\nF) More TV channels.\u003cbr>\nG) Allow TV/Radio combinations, or TV and small battery operated radio\u003cbr>\nH) Allow Hobby Craft Items - art paper, colored pens, small pieces of colored pencils, watercolors, chalk, etc.\u003cbr>\nI) Allow sweat suits and watch caps.\u003cbr>\nJ) Allow wall calendars.\u003cbr>\nK) Install pull-up/dip bars on SHU yards.\u003cbr>\nL) Allow correspondence courses that require proctored exams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NOTE: The above examples of programs/privileges are all similar to what is allowed in other Supermax prisons (eg, Federal Florence, Colorado, and Ohio), which supports our position that CDCR-PBSP staff claims that such are a threat to safety and security are exaggerations.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/34882/prison-hunger-strike-update","authors":["80"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_6188"],"tags":["news_615","news_1660","news_1471"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_34650":{"type":"posts","id":"news_34650","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"34650","score":null,"sort":[1311272656000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"dept-of-corrections-says-prison-hunger-strike-over","title":"Dept of Corrections Says Hunger Strike at Pelican Bay Prison Over; Interview: Permeation of Gangs in Calif. Prisons","publishDate":1311272656,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_34664\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 150px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/pelicanbay1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/pelicanbay1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"pelicanbay\" width=\"150\" height=\"129\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34664\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pelican Bay Prison\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The department sent out a statement about 10 minutes ago: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>SACRAMENTO – Today, Matthew Cate, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), announced that inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison have ended their hunger strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hunger strikes are a dangerous and ineffective way for prisoners to attempt to negotiate,” Secretary Cate said. “This strike was ordered by prison gang leaders, individuals responsible for terrible crimes against Californians, and so it was with significant and appropriate caution that CDCR worked to end the strike. We will now seek to stabilize operations for all inmates and continue our work to improve the safety and security of our prison system statewide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmates at Pelican Bay’s Security Housing Unit (SHU) initiated the hunger strike on July 1, 2011. They stopped the strike on July 20 after they better understood CDCR’s plans, developed since January, to review and change some policies regarding SHU housing and gang management. These changes, to date, include providing cold-weather caps, wall calendars and some educational opportunities for SHU inmates.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The statement doesn't say anything about strikes reportedly going on at three other prisons: Corcoran, Tehachapi, and Calipatria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday, in my \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/07/20/interview-what-is-the-hunger-strike-by-california-prisoners-about/\">interview\u003c/a> with California Watch reporter Michael Montgomery, who has covered the state's prisons for many years, I asked him if any hunger strike by prisoners had ever resulted in concessions from authorities. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm not aware of any in California,\" he said. \"Some of the inmates who participated in the strikes 10 years ago and nine years ago say they were issued promises from the CDCR that weren't fulfilled.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since one of the primary reasons that the strike started was over how prisoners are \"validated\" by the authorities as being associated with one of seven prison gangs, I also asked him if some inmates felt like such an affiliation was necessary for reasons of protection. Listen to his answer or read a transcript after the audio:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/prisongangculture.mp3\">\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery on the permeation of gangs in California prisons\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n[audio:http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/prisongangculture.mp3|titles=prisongangculture]\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California prisons are violent. They're also extremely divided in terms of race and ethnicity. In some ways that automatically leads people into some kind of an association with gangs. The department would say they don't place men in security housing units merely because they're aligned with members of the same race or they're seeking protection. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the fact of the matter is that gangs permeate California prisons, and in many cases run the prison yards. And it's true that it is sometimes difficult for an inmate to not to do certain work for the gangs because he could face assault. And this is particularly true with some of the Katino gangs. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can call it gangs, you can call it associations of men from the same backgrounds, from the same neighborhoods, there's a debate about that. But certainly, men look to their own race or their own ethnicity for protection in California prisons; there's absolutely no doubt about that.\n \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Related:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/07/20/interview-what-is-the-hunger-strike-by-california-prisoners-about/\">What is the prisoner hunger strike all about?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1311277973,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":15,"wordCount":538},"headData":{"title":"Dept of Corrections Says Hunger Strike at Pelican Bay Prison Over; Interview: Permeation of Gangs in Calif. 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Prisons","path":"/news/34650/dept-of-corrections-says-prison-hunger-strike-over","audioUrl":"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/files/2011/07/prisongangculture.mp3","audioDuration":null,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_34664\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 150px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/pelicanbay1.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/pelicanbay1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"pelicanbay\" width=\"150\" height=\"129\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34664\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pelican Bay Prison\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The department sent out a statement about 10 minutes ago: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>SACRAMENTO – Today, Matthew Cate, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), announced that inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison have ended their hunger strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hunger strikes are a dangerous and ineffective way for prisoners to attempt to negotiate,” Secretary Cate said. “This strike was ordered by prison gang leaders, individuals responsible for terrible crimes against Californians, and so it was with significant and appropriate caution that CDCR worked to end the strike. We will now seek to stabilize operations for all inmates and continue our work to improve the safety and security of our prison system statewide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmates at Pelican Bay’s Security Housing Unit (SHU) initiated the hunger strike on July 1, 2011. They stopped the strike on July 20 after they better understood CDCR’s plans, developed since January, to review and change some policies regarding SHU housing and gang management. These changes, to date, include providing cold-weather caps, wall calendars and some educational opportunities for SHU inmates.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The statement doesn't say anything about strikes reportedly going on at three other prisons: Corcoran, Tehachapi, and Calipatria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday, in my \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/07/20/interview-what-is-the-hunger-strike-by-california-prisoners-about/\">interview\u003c/a> with California Watch reporter Michael Montgomery, who has covered the state's prisons for many years, I asked him if any hunger strike by prisoners had ever resulted in concessions from authorities. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm not aware of any in California,\" he said. \"Some of the inmates who participated in the strikes 10 years ago and nine years ago say they were issued promises from the CDCR that weren't fulfilled.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since one of the primary reasons that the strike started was over how prisoners are \"validated\" by the authorities as being associated with one of seven prison gangs, I also asked him if some inmates felt like such an affiliation was necessary for reasons of protection. Listen to his answer or read a transcript after the audio:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/prisongangculture.mp3\">\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery on the permeation of gangs in California prisons\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audio","attributes":{"named":{"label":":http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/prisongangculture.mp3|titles=prisongangculture"},"numeric":[":http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/prisongangculture.mp3|titles=prisongangculture"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California prisons are violent. They're also extremely divided in terms of race and ethnicity. In some ways that automatically leads people into some kind of an association with gangs. The department would say they don't place men in security housing units merely because they're aligned with members of the same race or they're seeking protection. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the fact of the matter is that gangs permeate California prisons, and in many cases run the prison yards. And it's true that it is sometimes difficult for an inmate to not to do certain work for the gangs because he could face assault. And this is particularly true with some of the Katino gangs. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can call it gangs, you can call it associations of men from the same backgrounds, from the same neighborhoods, there's a debate about that. But certainly, men look to their own race or their own ethnicity for protection in California prisons; there's absolutely no doubt about that.\n \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Related:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/07/20/interview-what-is-the-hunger-strike-by-california-prisoners-about/\">What is the prisoner hunger strike all about?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/34650/dept-of-corrections-says-prison-hunger-strike-over","authors":["80"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_6188"],"tags":["news_616","news_615","news_1660"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_34532":{"type":"posts","id":"news_34532","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"34532","score":null,"sort":[1311206721000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"interview-what-is-the-hunger-strike-by-california-prisoners-about","title":"Interview: What is the Hunger Strike by California Prisoners About? ","publishDate":1311206721,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>KQED and California Watch reporter \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/user/michael-montgomery\">Michael Montgomery\u003c/a> has extensive experience covering California prisons. I asked him to explain what the hunger strikes are all about, and what triggered them. An edited transcript of our conversation follows the audio below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/prisonstrike1.mp3\">\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery describes what the strike by California prisoners is about\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n[audio:http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/prisonstrike1.mp3|titles=prisonstrike1]\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why are prisoners on a hunger strike?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current hunger strike began at the beginning of July in what's known as the Security Housing Unit, the high-security unit of Pelican Bay, which is California's highest-security prison. The strike started over conditions within these windowless isolation units, and also over why and how the prison system locks men in these units and the long length of time many of them have to spend there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The security housing units, particulary the one built in Pelican Bay in 1989, is windowless, it's highly secure in the sense that inmates are generally housed alone; they're housed in pods. They do not leave their cell at all except for around an hour of exercise they get individually. That takes place in an adjoining concrete exercise pen. They don't go outside; in fact they don’t see the outside at all unless they have a very infrequent visit, for example, to a medical facility, or they go to court for a trial. So it's an interior life; it's a little bit eerie at pelican bay SHU; it's all white; it's antiseptic, almost a hospital-like feel. It's creepy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The inmates really have little contact with each other. You can't really even see out of the cell doors themselves. In many ways it's like living in a windowless box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why are prisoners sent there? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">In many ways it's like living in a windowless box.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Inmates are sent for two basic reasons: for committing some heinous offense behind bars, perhaps a murder. Or for being validated, to use the department's terminology, as being considered an associate or a member of one of seven prison gangs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An inmate doesn't actually have to commit a specific offense like a murder or an assault to be sent to the security housing unit. The department has a procedure of validation where if they have three pieces of evidence -- it could be a drawing, a tattoo, associations -- that could be enough to send you to the unit. Inmates sent to the unit on gang validation are sent for what's known as indeterminate terms; this is a very controversial practice, because it means that some men have been languishing in these units for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's worth noting that I have interviewed a number of inmates who were very active in prison gangs and who were very open that they were running criminal rings and ordering assaults even after they were sent to the Security Housing Unit. So there is no doubt that there are inmates who are dangerous and who certainly, experts would assert, need to be separated from the regular prison population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How many people are estimated to be on strike?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The strike started at Pelican Bay; it spread to three other prisons. As of today there are over 400 inmates refusing food. It's important to point out that state officials say while there's a core of inmates who they believe have not eaten for nearly three weeks, there are other inmates who've kind of gone off and on; they've eaten some things then stopped eating, then started again in solidarity with the core strikers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a little unclear how many inmates have completely not eaten, but there's clearly a core group who have not. We've seen reports from the state of some inmates losing as much as 25 pounds; when you lose more than a tenth of your body weight, physicians start getting worried that you could be on your way to some serious consequences, and the department announced this morning that several inmates are showing symptoms of starvation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are the prisons involved besides Pelican Bay? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prisons include Corcoran, which also has a security housing unit and Tehachapi. There's another hunger strike at Calipatria going on that's somewhat separate from the strike going on in these security housing units.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1311207268,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":737},"headData":{"title":"Interview: What is the Hunger Strike by California Prisoners About? | KQED","description":"KQED and California Watch reporter Michael Montgomery has extensive experience covering California prisons. I asked him to explain what the hunger strikes are all about, and what triggered them. An edited transcript of our conversation follows the audio below. Michael Montgomery describes what the strike by California prisoners is about Why are prisoners on","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Interview: What is the Hunger Strike by California Prisoners About? ","datePublished":"2011-07-21T00:05:21.000Z","dateModified":"2011-07-21T00:14:28.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"34532 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=34532","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/07/20/interview-what-is-the-hunger-strike-by-california-prisoners-about/","disqusTitle":"Interview: What is the Hunger Strike by California Prisoners About? ","path":"/news/34532/interview-what-is-the-hunger-strike-by-california-prisoners-about","audioUrl":"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/files/2011/07/prisonstrike1.mp3","audioDuration":null,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>KQED and California Watch reporter \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/user/michael-montgomery\">Michael Montgomery\u003c/a> has extensive experience covering California prisons. I asked him to explain what the hunger strikes are all about, and what triggered them. An edited transcript of our conversation follows the audio below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/prisonstrike1.mp3\">\u003cstrong>Michael Montgomery describes what the strike by California prisoners is about\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audio","attributes":{"named":{"label":":http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/prisonstrike1.mp3|titles=prisonstrike1"},"numeric":[":http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/prisonstrike1.mp3|titles=prisonstrike1"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why are prisoners on a hunger strike?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current hunger strike began at the beginning of July in what's known as the Security Housing Unit, the high-security unit of Pelican Bay, which is California's highest-security prison. The strike started over conditions within these windowless isolation units, and also over why and how the prison system locks men in these units and the long length of time many of them have to spend there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The security housing units, particulary the one built in Pelican Bay in 1989, is windowless, it's highly secure in the sense that inmates are generally housed alone; they're housed in pods. They do not leave their cell at all except for around an hour of exercise they get individually. That takes place in an adjoining concrete exercise pen. They don't go outside; in fact they don’t see the outside at all unless they have a very infrequent visit, for example, to a medical facility, or they go to court for a trial. So it's an interior life; it's a little bit eerie at pelican bay SHU; it's all white; it's antiseptic, almost a hospital-like feel. It's creepy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The inmates really have little contact with each other. You can't really even see out of the cell doors themselves. In many ways it's like living in a windowless box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why are prisoners sent there? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">In many ways it's like living in a windowless box.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Inmates are sent for two basic reasons: for committing some heinous offense behind bars, perhaps a murder. Or for being validated, to use the department's terminology, as being considered an associate or a member of one of seven prison gangs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An inmate doesn't actually have to commit a specific offense like a murder or an assault to be sent to the security housing unit. The department has a procedure of validation where if they have three pieces of evidence -- it could be a drawing, a tattoo, associations -- that could be enough to send you to the unit. Inmates sent to the unit on gang validation are sent for what's known as indeterminate terms; this is a very controversial practice, because it means that some men have been languishing in these units for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's worth noting that I have interviewed a number of inmates who were very active in prison gangs and who were very open that they were running criminal rings and ordering assaults even after they were sent to the Security Housing Unit. So there is no doubt that there are inmates who are dangerous and who certainly, experts would assert, need to be separated from the regular prison population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How many people are estimated to be on strike?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The strike started at Pelican Bay; it spread to three other prisons. As of today there are over 400 inmates refusing food. It's important to point out that state officials say while there's a core of inmates who they believe have not eaten for nearly three weeks, there are other inmates who've kind of gone off and on; they've eaten some things then stopped eating, then started again in solidarity with the core strikers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a little unclear how many inmates have completely not eaten, but there's clearly a core group who have not. We've seen reports from the state of some inmates losing as much as 25 pounds; when you lose more than a tenth of your body weight, physicians start getting worried that you could be on your way to some serious consequences, and the department announced this morning that several inmates are showing symptoms of starvation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are the prisons involved besides Pelican Bay? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prisons include Corcoran, which also has a security housing unit and Tehachapi. There's another hunger strike at Calipatria going on that's somewhat separate from the strike going on in these security housing units.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/34532/interview-what-is-the-hunger-strike-by-california-prisoners-about","authors":["80"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_6188"],"tags":["news_615","news_1704"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_34493":{"type":"posts","id":"news_34493","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"34493","score":null,"sort":[1311186036000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"prisoners-on-hunger-strike-showing-signs-of-starvation-officials-willing-to-force-feed","title":"Prisoners on Hunger Strike Show Signs of Starvation, Official Wants to Force-Feed","publishDate":1311186036,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Prisoners on Hunger Strike Show Signs of Starvation, Official Wants to Force-Feed | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_34545\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/Aerial_shot_of_Pelican_Bay_State_Prison_taken_27-July-2009.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34545\" title=\"Aerial_shot_of_Pelican_Bay_State_Prison,_taken_27-July-2009\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/Aerial_shot_of_Pelican_Bay_State_Prison_taken_27-July-2009-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial shot of Pelican Bay State Prison. Photo: WikiMedia\" width=\"250\" height=\"214\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerial shot of Pelican Bay State Prison. Photo: WikiMedia\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of California prisoners are approaching three weeks on a hunger strike, including a few showing signs of starvation. The strike protesting the conditions in \u003ca href=\"http://www.google.com/search?q=Security+Housing+Units\">Security Housing Units\u003c/a> began at Pelican Bay State Prison \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/07/01/pelican-bay-prisoners-go-on-hunger-strike/\">on July 1\u003c/a>, and has since spread to other prisons across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prisoners in SHUs spend 23 hours a day in their cells and one hour in a windowless, concrete exercise pen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters want an end to indefinite detention in those units — which they say amounts to torture. They also say they’re prepared to die to force prison officials to meet their demands. But Corrections Secretary Matthew Cate says he’ll intervene to save their lives.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My view of it as I sit here today, and this may change, is that I’ll seek court orders to ask that they be force-fed,” said Cate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Approximately a dozen of the striking inmates have signed advance health directives that order prison medical staff not to feed or treat them, no matter what. But Secretary Cate thinks he can persuade a judge to override those directives. He’ll also seek an order that would apply to any inmate who refuses food and whose health is in danger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with California Watch reporter Michael Montgomery, however, Nancy Kincaid, Communications Director for California Prison Health Care Services, said prison medical staff will not force-feed the prisoners should their condition deteriorate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Inmates have the right to refuse food to the point of death,” she said. “And physicians will not force-feed, go against the medical ethics if someone chooses to not eat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kincaid also describes the physical condition of some of the inmates who have lost 15-20 pounds and are showing more advanced symptoms from starvation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen to that interview here:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/prisonkincaid.mp3\">\u003cstrong>Nancy Kincaid of California Prison Health Care Services on the hunger strike\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n[audio:http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/prisonkincaid.mp3|titles=prisonkincaid]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update Thursday Jul 21\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThe California Report’s Sarah Varney did a report yesterday on the medical ethics involved in dealing with hunger strikes. \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201107210850/b\">Listen\u003c/a> below:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Here are some numbers related to the strikes, according to California Prison Health Care Services:\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tehachapi\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n228 (additional 168 joined yesterday)\u003cbr>\n40 assessed by RNs, 3 referred to PCP for evaluation; one refused\u003cbr>\n47 hunger strike participants refused assessments\u003cbr>\nAll are consuming liquids\u003cbr>\n0 refused meds\u003cbr>\n1 IV fluids\u003cbr>\n2 referred to (TTA) clinic\u003cbr>\n0 in outside facility\u003cbr>\n20 have lost 10 or more lbs. Highest loss is 29 lbs, but that inmate was last weighed in May and staff believe some of that loss was prior to the hunger strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Corcoran\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n92 on the strike (17 transferred from Pelican Bay)\u003cbr>\n42 began strike yesterday\u003cbr>\n22 assessed by nurses\u003cbr>\n10 refused (Kincaid met with several inmates who refused assessments and asked why. All said they just didn’t feel they needed one that day, and have had assessments in the past and will again if they feel they need one).\u003cbr>\nKincaid also observed assessments of Pelican Bay transfers and spoke with several inmates)\u003cbr>\nAll consuming liquids\u003cbr>\n0 refused meds\u003cbr>\n0 IV fluids\u003cbr>\n0 in emergency clinic\u003cbr>\n3 referred to GACH for medical evaluation. Three were PB transfers who had some symptoms of starvation, such as dehydrated and lightheaded. All 3 are stable, with no critical health issues..\u003cbr>\n0 in outside medical facility\u003cbr>\n7 have lost 10 lbs or more\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pelican Bay\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n75 on hunger strike\u003cbr>\n75 offered assessments,\u003cbr>\n5 scheduled to see PCP\u003cbr>\n# refused assessments was unknown at time of report\u003cbr>\nAll consuming liquids\u003cbr>\n0 IV fluids\u003cbr>\n0 in emergency clinic\u003cbr>\n0 in outside facility\u003cbr>\n8 greater than 10 lbs lost\u003cbr>\n17 transferred to Corcoran state prison, to be near medical resources, should their condition require medical treatment for starvation symptoms or they decide to eat and need medical supervision for refeeding.\u003cbr>\nAll four institutions have incurred some overtime and registry use for LVNs and RNs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Calipatria\u003c/strong> (These inmates are on their own hunger strike with issues separate from the statewide strike)\u003cbr>\n33 on hunger strike\u003cbr>\n22 assessed by RNs, 7 of those seen by primary care physician (PCP) – all stable no health issues\u003cbr>\n11 refused assessment\u003cbr>\n0 refused PCP assessment\u003cbr>\nAll are consuming liquids\u003cbr>\n0 IV fluids\u003cbr>\n0 refused meds\u003cbr>\n1 sent to clinic for evaluation, stable and no medical issues\u003cbr>\n0 in outside medical facility\u003cbr>\nStill 12 have lost 10 or more lbs. Highest weight loss is 22 lbs. Those who have lost 10 or more lbs. are monitored regularly. Once an inmate loses 10% of their body weight, they are monitored more closely for physical signs of starvation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more about \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/07/20/interview-what-is-the-hunger-strike-by-california-prisoners-about/\">why the prisoners are striking\u003c/a>, read our interview with Michael Montgomery, who \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/07/20/interview-what-is-the-hunger-strike-by-california-prisoners-about/\">breaks it all down\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>[\u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/about/people/staff/julie-small/\">KPCC’s Julie Small\u003c/a> contributed to this story.]\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1685493064,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":815},"headData":{"title":"Prisoners on Hunger Strike Show Signs of Starvation, Official Wants to Force-Feed | KQED","description":"Hundreds of California prisoners are approaching three weeks on a hunger strike, including a few showing signs of starvation. The strike protesting the conditions in Security Housing Units began at Pelican Bay State Prison on July 1, and has since spread to other prisons across the state. Prisoners in SHUs spend 23 hours a day","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Prisoners on Hunger Strike Show Signs of Starvation, Official Wants to Force-Feed","datePublished":"2011-07-20T18:20:36.000Z","dateModified":"2023-05-31T00:31:04.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/34493/prisoners-on-hunger-strike-showing-signs-of-starvation-officials-willing-to-force-feed","audioUrl":"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/files/2011/07/prisonkincaid.mp3","audioDuration":null,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_34545\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/Aerial_shot_of_Pelican_Bay_State_Prison_taken_27-July-2009.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34545\" title=\"Aerial_shot_of_Pelican_Bay_State_Prison,_taken_27-July-2009\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/Aerial_shot_of_Pelican_Bay_State_Prison_taken_27-July-2009-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial shot of Pelican Bay State Prison. Photo: WikiMedia\" width=\"250\" height=\"214\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerial shot of Pelican Bay State Prison. Photo: WikiMedia\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of California prisoners are approaching three weeks on a hunger strike, including a few showing signs of starvation. The strike protesting the conditions in \u003ca href=\"http://www.google.com/search?q=Security+Housing+Units\">Security Housing Units\u003c/a> began at Pelican Bay State Prison \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/07/01/pelican-bay-prisoners-go-on-hunger-strike/\">on July 1\u003c/a>, and has since spread to other prisons across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prisoners in SHUs spend 23 hours a day in their cells and one hour in a windowless, concrete exercise pen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters want an end to indefinite detention in those units — which they say amounts to torture. They also say they’re prepared to die to force prison officials to meet their demands. But Corrections Secretary Matthew Cate says he’ll intervene to save their lives.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My view of it as I sit here today, and this may change, is that I’ll seek court orders to ask that they be force-fed,” said Cate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Approximately a dozen of the striking inmates have signed advance health directives that order prison medical staff not to feed or treat them, no matter what. But Secretary Cate thinks he can persuade a judge to override those directives. He’ll also seek an order that would apply to any inmate who refuses food and whose health is in danger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with California Watch reporter Michael Montgomery, however, Nancy Kincaid, Communications Director for California Prison Health Care Services, said prison medical staff will not force-feed the prisoners should their condition deteriorate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Inmates have the right to refuse food to the point of death,” she said. “And physicians will not force-feed, go against the medical ethics if someone chooses to not eat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kincaid also describes the physical condition of some of the inmates who have lost 15-20 pounds and are showing more advanced symptoms from starvation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen to that interview here:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/prisonkincaid.mp3\">\u003cstrong>Nancy Kincaid of California Prison Health Care Services on the hunger strike\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audio","attributes":{"named":{"label":":http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/prisonkincaid.mp3|titles=prisonkincaid"},"numeric":[":http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/07/prisonkincaid.mp3|titles=prisonkincaid"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update Thursday Jul 21\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThe California Report’s Sarah Varney did a report yesterday on the medical ethics involved in dealing with hunger strikes. \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201107210850/b\">Listen\u003c/a> below:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Here are some numbers related to the strikes, according to California Prison Health Care Services:\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tehachapi\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n228 (additional 168 joined yesterday)\u003cbr>\n40 assessed by RNs, 3 referred to PCP for evaluation; one refused\u003cbr>\n47 hunger strike participants refused assessments\u003cbr>\nAll are consuming liquids\u003cbr>\n0 refused meds\u003cbr>\n1 IV fluids\u003cbr>\n2 referred to (TTA) clinic\u003cbr>\n0 in outside facility\u003cbr>\n20 have lost 10 or more lbs. Highest loss is 29 lbs, but that inmate was last weighed in May and staff believe some of that loss was prior to the hunger strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Corcoran\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n92 on the strike (17 transferred from Pelican Bay)\u003cbr>\n42 began strike yesterday\u003cbr>\n22 assessed by nurses\u003cbr>\n10 refused (Kincaid met with several inmates who refused assessments and asked why. All said they just didn’t feel they needed one that day, and have had assessments in the past and will again if they feel they need one).\u003cbr>\nKincaid also observed assessments of Pelican Bay transfers and spoke with several inmates)\u003cbr>\nAll consuming liquids\u003cbr>\n0 refused meds\u003cbr>\n0 IV fluids\u003cbr>\n0 in emergency clinic\u003cbr>\n3 referred to GACH for medical evaluation. Three were PB transfers who had some symptoms of starvation, such as dehydrated and lightheaded. All 3 are stable, with no critical health issues..\u003cbr>\n0 in outside medical facility\u003cbr>\n7 have lost 10 lbs or more\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pelican Bay\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n75 on hunger strike\u003cbr>\n75 offered assessments,\u003cbr>\n5 scheduled to see PCP\u003cbr>\n# refused assessments was unknown at time of report\u003cbr>\nAll consuming liquids\u003cbr>\n0 IV fluids\u003cbr>\n0 in emergency clinic\u003cbr>\n0 in outside facility\u003cbr>\n8 greater than 10 lbs lost\u003cbr>\n17 transferred to Corcoran state prison, to be near medical resources, should their condition require medical treatment for starvation symptoms or they decide to eat and need medical supervision for refeeding.\u003cbr>\nAll four institutions have incurred some overtime and registry use for LVNs and RNs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Calipatria\u003c/strong> (These inmates are on their own hunger strike with issues separate from the statewide strike)\u003cbr>\n33 on hunger strike\u003cbr>\n22 assessed by RNs, 7 of those seen by primary care physician (PCP) – all stable no health issues\u003cbr>\n11 refused assessment\u003cbr>\n0 refused PCP assessment\u003cbr>\nAll are consuming liquids\u003cbr>\n0 IV fluids\u003cbr>\n0 refused meds\u003cbr>\n1 sent to clinic for evaluation, stable and no medical issues\u003cbr>\n0 in outside medical facility\u003cbr>\nStill 12 have lost 10 or more lbs. Highest weight loss is 22 lbs. Those who have lost 10 or more lbs. are monitored regularly. Once an inmate loses 10% of their body weight, they are monitored more closely for physical signs of starvation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more about \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/07/20/interview-what-is-the-hunger-strike-by-california-prisoners-about/\">why the prisoners are striking\u003c/a>, read our interview with Michael Montgomery, who \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/07/20/interview-what-is-the-hunger-strike-by-california-prisoners-about/\">breaks it all down\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>[\u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/about/people/staff/julie-small/\">KPCC’s Julie Small\u003c/a> contributed to this story.]\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/34493/prisoners-on-hunger-strike-showing-signs-of-starvation-officials-willing-to-force-feed","authors":["236"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_6188","news_8"],"tags":["news_616","news_615","news_1660","news_1471"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_32964":{"type":"posts","id":"news_32964","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"32964","score":null,"sort":[1309554881000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"pelican-bay-prisoners-go-on-hunger-strike","title":"Pelican Bay Prisoners Reportedly on Hunger Strike ","publishDate":1309554881,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>You could call it a \"prison within a prison\": a supermax facility so isolating that some inmates say they haven't seen the night sky in years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prison reform advocates say that inmates at the Security Housing Unit of California's \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Facilities_Locator/PBSP.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pelican Bay State Prison\u003c/a> began a hunger strike this morning, protesting conditions they call inhumane. Officials from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed that some prisoners had refused breakfast. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelican Bay houses some of the state's most hardened criminals, but the SHU is for the worst of the worst. A third of that prison's inmates are in SHU: a warren of sterile, white pods, connected to exercise pens. No windows. No noise. Often, no view of the sky. And no contact allowed with the outside world or the main prison population. Inmates spend more than 23 hours a day in their pods, with an hour or less in their pen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's enough to drive a person crazy ... and reform advocates say, that's exactly the problem.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“April, '99: Here I am in this hole, locked down in the cement cell, 24 hours a day. I've lost my skin color, and I am pale.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Ernesto Lira \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101501841\" target=\"_blank\">journaled \u003c/a>his time in SHU. He was a petty thief the state determined was associated with a violent gang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“October 28, 2000. What a nice day. I almost felt the sun. This isolation is wearing me down. I can't believe I've been in the hole for five years. I believe I'm losing my mind. Days go by without protest or outcry—just a silent endurance of time. I'm in the wind.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The wind was the only element of nature Lira says he could sense from the outside. It's a disconnection from humanity that reform advocates say triggers mental illness -- something akin to post-traumatic stress disorder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal court determined Lira was denied due process when the state put him in SHU. He didn't win any monetary damages, but the state did clear his name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDCR officials have maintained that SHUs are their best bet to control a population of inmates that would otherwise create much more havoc. Some avowed gang leaders have told KQED's Michael Montgomery they can still transact business from within an SHU.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is the point that the Department of Corrections makes,\" Montgomery says. \"Some of these people are determined to carry on criminal activites no matter where you put them. So at least, arguably, putting them in isolation is going to limit the amount of damage they can do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Admittedly, CDCR has a much bigger problem: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/05/23/supreme-courts-prison-ruling-the-highlights/\" target=\"_blank\">a court order \u003c/a>backed up by the U.S. Supreme Court to reduce its overall prison population. There's no indication that state officials plan to change SHU at all, but even if they wanted to, there's not much they could do to modify the facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not like you can add windows to these facilities,\" Montgomery says. \"There aren't any rooms for inmates to be in together (for group educational programs).\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reform advocates are demanding more educational materials for the inmates, more visiting time, one photo per year (possibly of their families), and an end to the debriefing process inmates endure before leaving SHU. In debriefing, inmates must rat out their criminal accomplices—presumably to ensure they can't go back to their lives of crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California's overcrowded prisons may soon be stacked with even more of the worst offenders. As part of the state budget, Governor Jerry Brown is \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201105240850/b\" target=\"_blank\">realigning the prison population\u003c/a>, shifting lower-level offenders to county lockups. 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Some avowed gang leaders have told KQED's Michael Montgomery they can still transact business from within an SHU.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is the point that the Department of Corrections makes,\" Montgomery says. \"Some of these people are determined to carry on criminal activites no matter where you put them. So at least, arguably, putting them in isolation is going to limit the amount of damage they can do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Admittedly, CDCR has a much bigger problem: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/05/23/supreme-courts-prison-ruling-the-highlights/\" target=\"_blank\">a court order \u003c/a>backed up by the U.S. Supreme Court to reduce its overall prison population. 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