Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) is a supermax prison in Crescent City, California. The 275-acre (111 ha) prison takes its name from a shallow bay on the Pacific coast, about 2 mi (3.2 km) to the west.

Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) is designed to house California’s most serious criminal offenders in a secure, safe, and disciplined institutional setting. Half of the prison houses maximum security inmates in a general population (GP) setting.

Jan 31, 2025 · Pelican Bay State Prison, founded in 1989, houses more than 2,000 medium, high and maximum-security inmates and is located just 13 miles from the Oregon-California border.

The following photos provide an inside glimpse into the Security Housing Units (SHUs), or solitary confinement units, at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP). A new report by prison officials estimates up to 100,000 people may be in solitary confinement in U.S. prisons.

Jan 30, 2025 · DEL NORTE – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the alleged attempted homicide of a peace officer at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP). On Jan. 30, 2025, at approximately 7:15 a.m., incarcerated persons Jose Gonzalez, Richard Wilson, and Luis Torres, attacked a supervising Correctional ...

6 days ago · Facility C is expected to deactivate this winter at Pelican Bay State Prison. The reasons why doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out. The Prison was built on a swamp and has endless repairs that are too costly.

Feb 6, 2025 · The Pelican Bay State Prison, which opened in 1989, served as a limit case for the practice of solitary confinement. As the documentary outlines, the building of that “state-of-the-art ...

Mar 22, 2022 · Gardens and other rehabilitative programs have transformed the former SHU at Pelican Bay State Prison. The changes at Pelican Bay State Prison’s (PBSP) Facility D since 2014 have provided more opportunities for the incarcerated.

Jan 31, 2025 · DEL NORTE, Calif. — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is investigating an attempted murder of an officer at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP). According to a press ...

Feb 3, 2025 · Official website: https://to.pbs.org/IL_2024 | #IndieLensPBSIn 2013, incarcerated individuals in California’s Pelican Bay Prison assembled a historic hunger ...