In 2013, nearly 4,000 California inmates in long-term solitary confinement (for decades, in some cases) went on what would become a months-long hunger strike.

A hunger strike against solitary confinement at Pelican Bay prison became a massive feat of unity. How California's Pelican Bay prison ignited a statewide hunger strike as a feat of unity by ...

The high-security Pelican Bay prison was designed for mass-scale solitary confinement, often for a decade or more, and with little due process. In 2013, 30,000 prisoners went on a hunger strike ...

Feb. 3, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. How California's Pelican Bay prison ignited a statewide hunger strike as a feat of unity by 30,000 incarcerated people.

Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, California, is surrounded by razor wire, tall fences and towers manned by guards with rifles.