”23/7; Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement”

The full hour will be devoted to Keramet Reiter, UCI professor of Criminology, Law, and Society to talk about her new book 23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement, published by Yale University Press. Michael Saavedra, who was detained in solitary confinement the last 10 years of his 19 year prison sentence from which he was released in 2/201, was originally scheduled to appear on this show. Once he's recovered from last night's motorcycle accident, he will appear on this show. Reiter’s research and Saavedra’s experiences yield stories that exceed the darkest of Charles Dickens' passages. http://www.kerametreiter.com/ Civilians can be involved through following: http://solitarywatch.com/ and specifically: http://solitarywatch.com/about-lifelines/.