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More than 40 states operate facilities like Pelican Bay. Inmates aren’t sent here by judges or juries. No prisoner cheap yeezys is sentenced to isolation. It makes absolutely no difference what crime you committed on the outside. It’s how you behave on the inside that counts, and every state has different rules for how you get here. In some parts of the country, the decision belongs to a small group of state officials; in other states, it’s up to the warden.
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“You find yourself being by yourself, and sometimes you don’t like what you see,” said one inmate named Jason, a young looking 39 year old from Sacramento.
Four years ago, Jason violated his parole on a robbery charge and was sent to prison. A few cheap jordans free shipping months after he arrived, prison officials suspected he was involved in a prison gang and sent him to isolation. He’s been in the SHU ever since.
“A lot of guys go [crazy], really, and sometimes I ask myself, ‘Am I losing it, right?'” Jason says behind his small cell door holes. “It breaks you psychologically, right? People do develop phobias. You start thinking people are talking about you when they’re not.”.
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