The classification staff here at Pelican Bay State Prison has created a unit which allows the unconstitutional housing of prisoners. The unit is titled "Behavioral Management Unit." Prisoners are taken from General Population for no rule violation, their appliances sent home, deprived of visits, shower, phone, recreation, and forced to attend classes and complete a 3 step level point system. Prisoners are also forced to double cell with another prisoner before being deemed ready for release from this unit.
Prisoners have been pepper sprayed to be forced into this unit. Hundreds of Mexicans made an all out refusal to be abused in such manner, and all were transferred to other prisoners.
The abuse of prisoners continues in building 8-A section in the worse form. As for those that challenge their placement through the appeal process, classification counselors purposely delay forwarding their requested documents needed to challenge their unconstitutional detention. As stated, the abuse and violations of constitutional rights continues to be inflicted upon myself and hundreds of others. This is not fabricated to cause officials here to be investigated. This is a real true situation of abuse on daily basis.
- a California prisoner, December 2006