Prison officials are investigating the death of an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison as a homicide, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). The agency said ...

In prisons throughout California, Arizona, Mississippi and Oklahoma, hunger strikes have been under way since July. Inmates are protesting what they say are inhumane prison policies, including one ...

Mark Taylor says that his work at Pelican Bay in California is his way of “making amends” Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, who focuses on human interest, crime and sports stories. Mark Boster ...

During his three decades in prison, Todd Ashker earned a paralegal degree. Todd Ashker, an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison, has staged a hunger strike within the prison. California Department of ...