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Pelican Bay was built to isolate inmates in near-total solitary confinement.

Men were held alone for decades under policies courts later forced California to dismantle.

This documentary exposes how isolation became institutional power.

Pelican Bay State Prison is one of the most controversial prisons in American history.

Built as a supermax facility in Northern California, Pelican Bay became infamous for its Security Housing Unit (SHU), where inmates were held in near-total solitary confinement for years—and sometimes decades.

In this full crime documentary, we explore:
• Life inside Pelican Bay’s SHU
• Indefinite solitary confinement as policy
• Psychological breakdown and mental illness
• Gang validation and punishment by association
• Hunger strikes and organized resistance
• Federal lawsuits and court intervention
• Media exposure and public outcry
• The end of indefinite SHU sentences
• Prisoners released from decades of isolation
• Whether reform truly ended institutional abuse

This isn’t a story about chaos.

It’s about how control becomes cruelty—quietly, legally, and over time.

📌 Chapters included for navigation
📌 Based on court rulings, testimony, and investigations

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00:00 – California’s Most Ruthless Prison
02:00 – Built to Disappear People
04:40 – Inside the SHU
07:30 – Guilty by Association
10:10 – Life in Total Isolation
13:00 – Psychological Breakdown
15:40 – Hallucinations and Silence
18:20 – Hunger Strikes Begin
21:00 – The Short Corridor
23:40 – Retaliation and Punishment
26:30 – Federal Lawsuits
29:40 – Courts Confront Solitary
32:30 – California’s Defense
35:10 – Guard Culture Inside Pelican Bay
38:00 – Suicide and Mental Illness
41:10 – Media Exposure
44:20 – End of Indefinite Solitary
47:30 – Released From Isolation
50:40 – Did Reform Really Happen?
53:30 – Institutional Power vs Human Rights
56:20 – What Pelican Bay Reveals