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![Luis Talamantez: Pelican Bay State Prison](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 11/18/1993Call Number: CV 016Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Chuy Varela interviews Luis Talamantez, a prison rights activist working against prison injustices. Throughout the interview Talamantez describes the torture and violence inflicted upon Black and Latino Pelican Bay prisoners. He highlights the lack of prisoners' rights and the brutality of prison guards. By participating in the Pelican Bay Information Project Talamantez hopes to put an end to these atrocities.
![Pelican Bay - Control Unit Prisons](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/13/1996Call Number: PM 320Format: Cass A & BProducers: Prison Activist Resource CenterProgram: On The OutsideCollection: Pelican Bay
Members of the Pelican Bay Information Project speak about their organization and its projects, their work at Pelican Bay prison and general information regarding control unit prisons.
![USP Florence-Pelican Bay SHU](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: V 427Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Story on CNN in the 1990s. ADX Florence has been called “the Alcatraz of the Rockies” and CNN repeats the official government position that ADX Florence - the worst control unit prison - is a "place for prisoners who have committed crimes against other prisoners." One of the interviewee’s is political prisoner Oscar López-Rivera.
Special on Pelican Bay by 60 Minutes. Interviews include several prisoners and prison guards about their experiences in Pelican Bay. It also recounts how prisoners sued the state of California for human rights violations and torture.
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