TIMELINE: Crime Date(s): 2011, 2013 Sentencing Date: N/A Current Status: Ongoing reform efforts FACILITY: Name: Pelican Bay State Prison State: California Security Level: Maximum Pelican Bay State Prison, situated on the remote, rugged northern coast of California, is notorious for housing some of the most dangerous inmates in the United States. Opened in 1989, it […]
TIMELINE: Crime Date(s): April 3, 1997 Sentencing Date: 1998 Current Status: Convicted inmates serving life sentences FACILITY: Name: United States Penitentiary, Lompoc State: California Security Level: Medium In the quiet, rolling hills of California, nestled within a landscape that belies its grim purpose, stands the United States Penitentiary in Lompoc. On April 3, 1997, this […]
TIMELINE: Crime Date(s): 1990s-2012 Sentencing Date: 2014 Current Status: Incarcerated FACILITY: Name: Various Federal Prisons State: Texas and other states Security Level: High In the dark corridors of the U.S. prison system, the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) etched its name as a powerful and feared entity. By the late 1990s and into the early […]
TIMELINE: Crime Date(s): September 9-13, 1971 Sentencing Date: Various (post-uprising trials) Current Status: Resolved with ongoing reforms and historical analysis FACILITY: Name: Attica Correctional Facility State: New York Security Level: Maximum In the early hours of September 9, 1971, tensions that had been simmering beneath the surface of Attica Correctional Facility in New York erupted […]
TIMELINE: Crime Date(s): 2019-2022 Sentencing Date: Ongoing Current Status: Investigations and trials ongoing FACILITY: Name: Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin State: California Security Level: Low-security with an adjacent minimum-security satellite camp In recent years, the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, has come under intense scrutiny due to alarming allegations of staff misconduct and abuse. The […]
TIMELINE: Crime Date(s): 2010-2012 Sentencing Date: 2012-2017 Current Status: Incarcerated and under ongoing investigation FACILITY: Name: Pelican Bay State Prison State: California Security Level: Maximum Nestled amidst the dense redwoods of Northern California, Pelican Bay State Prison stands as a fortress of containment for some of the United States’ most dangerous offenders. Among them, the […]
By Mike Enemigo Prison food is notoriously terrible, and it’s not like you can go out to a drive-thru when you get hungry between meal-times. But prison inmates are famous for their amazing creativity – and when they’re not making shivs and other improvised weapons, they’re creating some truly bizarre food items. Here are 10 […]