Corcoran State Prison Archives

Corcoran State Prison

By Kenneth E. Hartman Kenneth Hartman, an award-winning writer and prison reform activist, served 38 years of a life without parole (LWOP) sentence in California state prisons before his sentence was commuted and he was granted parole and released. While in prison he founded the Other Death Penalty Project to work toward an end to […]

Corcoran State Prison

Inside the Hole: Enduring Solitary Confinement in California

Voices from Solitary: Returned to the SHU in California

Voices from Solitary: The Safari from Pelikkkan Bay

Videos Show Abuse of Mentally Ill in California Prisons

Seven Days in Solitary [7/28/13]

California Prisoners Launch New Hunger Strike to Protest Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [4.27.13]

Voices from Solitary: Parts of My Mind Did Not Survive

Prisoner at Corcoran State Prison Commits Suicide in Solitary

Solitary Policies in California Revised, As Prisoner Leaders Promote End to Racial Hostilities

Political or Gang Activity? “New Afrikan” Prisoners in Solitary Confinement

Prisoners in Solitary Confinement in California Respond to Prison Policy Reforms

Families of California Prisoners Respond to Controversial Reforms of Solitary Confinement

Family of California Prisoner Who Died on Hunger Strike Speaks Out

Conflicting Reports on Hunger Strike at California’s Corcoran State Prison

Update: Prisoner Dies During Hunger Strike at California’s Corcoran State Prison

California Considers New Rules for Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

Isolated California Prisoners Continue Their Fight for Reform

Voices from Solitary: Message from the Father of a California Prison Hunger Striker

Statements from Human Rights and Civil Rights Groups Support Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers

Voices from Solitary: A Little Taste of “Freedom”

Voices from Solitary: Gang “Validation” and Permanent Isolation in California Prisons

Prisoner Sent to Solitary Based on Reading Materials