Go behind the walls of Pelican Bay State Prison with this new DVD, as 'Pelican Bay aka. Gangbanger University' goes deep into the lockdown in Crescent City, California. One of the most infamous prisons in our penitentiary system in the United States, Pelican Bay State Pen is one of the most dangerous facilities in the world. Walking the yard in Pelican Bay is like one of the danger zones of a war, and on one side is the African-American gangs and the other is the Mexican-American gangs. Home of the most dangerous prison riot in the history of the American prison system, a 200-inmate riot erupted in the yard back in 2000, leaving 19 seriously wounded and one dead. Pelican Bay's grounds and operations are physically divided. Half of the prison holds Level IV prisoners in a "general population" environment with outside exercise courts. The other half of the prison contains Pelican Bay's best-known feature: an X-shaped cluster of white buildings set apart by electrified fencing and barren ground known as the Security Housing Unit, or SHU. This is a supermax-type control-unit facility where prisoners identified as gang members; prisoners with a history of violence, crimes or serious rules violations within prison; and other prisoners presenting serious management concerns are incarcerated. See for yourself as this DVD takes you behind the walls of one of the most violent prisons and up-close with some of America's most violent offenders.