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Voices from Solitary: Gang "Validation" and Permanent Isolation in California Prisons including an essay from Joseph Aragon

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Voices from Solitary: Gang "Validation" and Permanent Isolation in California Prisons Jean Casella and James Ridgeway | August 7, 2010 URL: http://wp.me/pKbGK-wR (from Solitary Watch) To read more of Joseph Aragon's work including some of his poetry go to: http://www.realcostofprisons.org/writing/ In prisons throughout the country, perceived gang membership is one of the leading reasons for placement in solitary confinement. In California alone, hundreds of prisoners are in Security Housing Units (SHUs) because they have been "validated" as gang members. The validation procedure used by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) employs such criteria as tattoos, reading materials, and associations with other prisoners (which can amount to as little as a greeting) to identify gang members...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 08, 2010 (boomark / email).