Pelican Bay UNLOCKED is a podcast created by prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison, offering the public an unfiltered view into the reality of prison life and its culture. Throughout this podcast, you will hear the voices of men sharing their thoughts, feelings, and opinions on a wide range of topics via stories, interviews, and group discussions. You will also hear original songs and poetry expressing their personal perspectives while depicting their life experiences and personal journeys during incarceration. It is the hope of UNLOCKED to dispel the negative images attributed to prisoners while displaying the redemptive qualities of our humanity in furtherance of rehabilitation and re-entry. Where truth meets reality, this is Pelican Bay UNLOCKED...
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Here’s a double-shot of UNLOCKED to get back into the swing after too many months locked down due to COVID; and this spin is a little different. Two new class rosters, new location on the Yard (Chapel clerks, REPRESENT!), and … Continue reading →
Here’s a double-shot of UNLOCKED to get back into the swing after too many months locked down due to COVID; and this spin is a little different. Two new class rosters, new location on the Yard (Chapel clerks, REPRESENT!), and … Continue reading →
Kunlyna Tauch – K – was an integral part of the UNLOCKED crew until his transfer to Lancaster in 2021. Since that time, he’s continued his journey, working the programs in his new Level Three home, going to school, training … Continue reading →
Larry Vickers has been inside since he was 16 years old – another Black man who came of age behind bars in California. You’d expect him to be angry, a product of this often violent, traumatic environment. You’d expect him … Continue reading →
David Nguyen walked out of Pelican Bay one day back in February, into the arms of his family – a free man. While incarcerated, David made the most of the programming available. He helped establish the inmate newspaper. He graduated … Continue reading →
Alfred Sandoval has been in prison since the mid ’80s. More than three decades. In that time – time mostly spent in the SHU – he’s seen a lot of changes and taken part in history. Alfred was on the … Continue reading →
Calls from prison are always poignant. You do what you can to dispel the distance and connect with the thin, tinny voice coming at you over institutional wires. You share lives and days and hopes and fears – even laughter … Continue reading →
What have you been doing since 1989? Did you graduate school? Get married? Your kids grow up and begin lives of their own? Maybe you weren’t even born in 1989…maybe your entire life has transpired in those three intervening decades … Continue reading →
We started this episode back in March, then, well, you know…but while COVID ONE NINE might have locked everything down, it only caused a pause in the production of UNLOCKED. In Episode 2, B Yard’s Mike Swanigan, with an assist … Continue reading →
Imagine you are in prison and someone tells you that a new inmate on your tier is from your hometown, and it turns out that the new guy is also a member of your victims’ family. This is the story … Continue reading →
Fifteen men currently incarcerated in Pelican Bay State Prison, each with a story and a desire to express their personal transformations behind bars. In this Introduction, each member of the production team gets his turn at the mic to introduce … Continue reading →
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