Pelican Bay State Prison

Pelican Bay Sate Prison is one of California's most dangerous and most over populated super max prisons.  The prison holds some of the countries most dangerous offenders and from the shows that I've seen that go inside prison walls these offenders seem to only get worse after their time spent in Pelican Bay.  Most of the criminals don't seem to care that they're in there and are often times just as violent if not more violent then they were out on the streets.  The prisons over population problems are so enormous that the gym of the prison is now serving as an area for inmate housing and the gym is lined from wall to wall with three layer bunks.  The prison was designed to hold 2,280 people, and currently holds 3,461.  The gym is segregated into different sections according to race and gang affiliation, a section for Mexicans, a section for Blacks, a section occupied by Whites, and another for Asians.  All inmates know not to ever walk through a section of the gym not occupied by their own gang.  Several killings and many assaults have taken place due to inmates walking through areas of the gym that they do not belong in.  This is a code of ethics that the prisoners have with one another and they all respect the designated space.  They even go so far as to designate shower stalls, vanity tables, and toilets according to race and gang affiliation.