Facilities Pelican Bay State Prison
1 facilities 1.1 alleged psychological effect 1.2 hunger strikes 1.3 lawsuit , termination of unlimited isolation policy facilities pelican bay opened in 1989. pelican bay s grounds , operations physically divided. half of prison holds level iv (maximum security) inmates in general population (gp) environment outside exercise courts , yards. other half of prison contains prisons best-known feature: x-shaped cluster of white buildings , barren ground known security housing unit, or shu. electric fence surrounds entire perimeter. the 8-by-10-foot (2.4 m × 3.0 m) cells of shu made of smooth, poured concrete perforated cell fronts , doors. there no windows located within cells. instead, there fluorescent lights, inmates can control. shu inmates confined assigned cells twenty-two hours day, looking out through perforated steel door @ solid concrete wall. food delivered correctional officers twice day (breakfast, sack lunch, , dinner), through slot in cell door. each of twenty-...