Lt. Chris Acosta leads a tour of a “pod” of SHU cells at Pelican Bay. Credit: File

In case you missed it, yesterday’s Morning Edition on NPR included a report from Michael Montgomery of KQED and the Center for Investigative Reporting, who sat down and spoke with a few inmates who’d recently been released from Pelican Bay’s Security Housing Unit back into a general prison population. A hunger strike protesting the terms and conditions of long-term solitary confinement is now in its third week.

Listen to Montgomery’s report below: 

Ryan Burns worked for the Journal from 2008 to 2013, covering a diverse mix of North Coast subjects,...

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