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Pelican Bay Conditions Suit Filed

Loaded on June 15, 1992 published in Prison Legal News June, 1992, page 1
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Eighth Amendment, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Law Library Access/Adequacy, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness). Location: California.
The Pelican Bay Information Project (PBIP) is an independent citizens' group that has formed in response to the complaints of prisoners. The group is composed of prison visitors, writers, ex-prisoners, lawyers and human rights advocates. Since Pelican Bay's 1250 cell Security Housing Unit (SHU) opened in 1989, prisoner rights advocates ...

 

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