With any luck, you won't have to worry about seeing this place in person. 
 
 An [a href="vny!://www.sfbappa.org/Awards/picturestory/picstory28.ex2.html"]eye-popping set of photos[/a] taken at Pelican Bay Prison, home to some of the "worst of the worst" criminals in the world. 

[font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"]   Pelican Bay Prison Guard George Sherman carries a rifle in the control room    of the ultra-maximum Security Housing Unit, known as the SHU, whenever a guard    enters one of the groups of 10 cells.[/font]

[font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"]   The collection of confiscated knives, spears and points grows daily at Pelican    Bay State Prison. Prisoners, alone in their cells 23-hours a day, have plenty    of time to contruct weapons from rudimentary materials.[/font]
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