Rene B. Lopez was found dead last week at Pelican Bay State Prison. Surveillance footage revealed five inmates worked together to kill him, authorities say.

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Associate Warden Larry Williams is ...

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the death of a 31-year-old man at Pelican Bay State Prison as a homicide af ...

Newswise — Incarcerated scholars at Pelican Bay State Prison will soon have the opportunity to earn a B.A. in Communication from Cal Poly Humboldt. It’s the first B.A. program to be taught in person ...

With news that California's prison hunger strike may have ended, we take a look back at seminal prison rebellions that have called for similar changes. Colorlines is the leading source for accessible ...

For the past 16 years, I have spent at least 22 1/2 hours of every day completely isolated within a tiny, windowless cell in the Security Housing Unit at California's Pelican Bay State Prison in ...

Officers at Pelican Bay tear apart a Secure Housing Unit — or SHU — cell after learning an inmate may have gotten hold of a metal binder clip and fashioned it into a weapon. A view of the hallway in a ...