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Oct. 31, 2024
Lt. Anthony Baer (not pictured), a spokesman at Corcoran State Prison, said security housing units for solitary confinement help officers keep tabs on gang activity and tamp down violence. “These are inmates who have proven they cannot play well with others,” he said.
(Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)California has agreed to an overhaul of its use of solitary confinement in its prisons, including strict limits on the prolonged isolation of inmates, as part of a legal settlement.
Inmates found guilty of specified offenses -- including murder, attempted murder, drug trafficking, arson, and extortion -- are confined in security housing at Corcoran State Prison.
(Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)Richard Heyer, 54, is a Corcoran State Prison inmate and lives in solitary confinement.
(Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)A display of shanks, handmade weapons made out of materials in prison, was shown to the media by prison guards who said they were confiscated from the inmates at Corcoran State Prison.
(Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)A deputy checks on inmates serving time in solitary confinement at Corcoran State Prison.
(Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)Brent Shelton, who is legally blind from a shotgun blast incident, is housed inside a security housing cage during yard time at Corcoran State Prison.
(Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)Javier Zubiate, an inmate in solitary confinement at Pelican Bay State Prison, waits in a holding cell.
(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)Closed-circuit cameras at Pelican Bay State Prison are protected by razor wire.
(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)Inmate Javier Zubiate stands in the concrete recreation area in one of the solitary confinement units at Pelican Bay State Prison.
(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)Inmate Javier Zubiate rests his feet in a solitary confinement unit at Pelican Bay State Prison.
(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)Pelican Bay State Prison inmate Jeremy Beasley shows his tattoos and handcuffs. At Pelican Bay since 1998, Beasley went to prison on a life sentence for murder and has since tried to kill another inmate and assaulted a guard.
(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)Pelican Bay State Prison inmate Javier Zubiate shows his tattoos and prison garb. Zubiate is a convicted killer serving time in solitary confinement.
(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)Oct. 31, 2024