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Pelican Bay

It's like a "high-tech dungeon." That's how one inmate describes Pelican Bay state prison in California, home to the country's toughest maximum-security facility. State officials say they need to segregate dangerous inmates, but critics argue that extreme isolation amounts to torture.
Sep 25, 2012 (16:27)
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