Pelican Bay State Prison
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Pelican Bay State Prison is a supermax prison in Crescent City, California. The 275-acre prison takes its name from a shallow bay on the Pacific coast, about two miles to the west.
Aerial shot of Pelican Bay State Prison, taken 27 July 2009
Supermax prison
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A super-maximum security or administrative maximum prison is a "control-unit" prison, or a unit within prisons, which represents the most secure level of custody in the prison systems of certain count
Pelican Bay State Prison
…Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) is a supermax prison in Crescent City, California. The 275-acre (111-hectare) prison takes its name from a shallow bay on the Pacific coast, about two miles (three kilometers…
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