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30-553: Desperate Measures may refer to: Film and TV [ edit ] Film [ edit ] Desperate Measures (film) , a 1998 action thriller film Television [ edit ] Episodes "Desperate Measures", second episode of the 1965 Doctor Who serial The Rescue "Desperate Measures" ( Stargate SG-1 ) , a 2001 TV episode Series Desperate Measures (2013 American TV series) , narrated by Orlagh Cassidy Desperate Measures (2013 Australian TV series) ,

60-437: A sociopath who is serving life in prison for several murders. During his time in prison, the brutal, cunning McCabe has attempted escape and killed several guards and fellow prisoners and must be kept in multiple restraints when outside of the supermax unit at Pelican Bay State Prison . McCabe initially shows little interest in helping Conner, but later finds an opportunity to turn the situation to his advantage and devises

90-508: A 2004 musical by David Friedman and Peter Kellogg Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Desperate Measures . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Desperate_Measures&oldid=1139856217 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

120-423: A September 1993 60 Minutes report about the brutality against Dortch, and lawsuits ultimately led to changes at Pelican Bay State Prison. Federal District Court Judge Thelton Henderson ruled in the 1995 Madrid v. Gomez decision that the facility was not being ruled in a constitutional way, and ordered oversight by prisoner's rights lawyers and other experts. Henderson's ruling specifically demanded changes to

150-517: A day in the outdoor exercise yard, the ability to make one phone call per week, adequate food, and the possibility of reconsideration of their long periods of isolation after several years. The original strike lasted for over two weeks, and was repeated again in October of the same year. Inmates resumed the July 2011 hunger strike two years later, on July 8, 2013, alleging a failure to uphold promises on

180-408: A desk and chair. Armed guards monitor six pods of 48 cells at once from central control booths, through perforated steel doors that make it easy for guards to see in but difficult for prisoners to see out. Cell doors are controlled remotely, and prisoners can be allowed out to shower or to exercise in each 8 ft × 20 ft (2.4 m × 6.1 m) pod's solitary exercise yard. Half of

210-555: A doctor, but I know a movie with iron-poor blood when I see one." Online film critic James Berardinelli stated, "when you consider how many contrivances the characters have to endure to reach the ending, you may think that the title has more to do with the film makers' approach than with anything that happens on screen." ALMA Awards (1999) This film was remade in Hindi by the title Jung starring Sanjay Dutt . Pelican Bay State Prison Pelican Bay State Prison ( PBSP )

240-409: A documentary series about Indigenous Australians Desperate Measures (2022 TV series) , starring Amanda Abbington Music [ edit ] Desperate Measures (Hollywood Undead album) , a 2009 album Desperate Measures (Leeway album) , a 1991 album "Desperate Measures" (song) , a 2012 song by Marianas Trench Other uses [ edit ] Desperate Measures (musical) ,

270-497: A hunger strike.The prisoners called attention to the effects of isolation in the secure housing unit. On July 1, 2011, several thousand prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison joined a total of more than 6,000 prisoners elsewhere in California prisons to stage a hunger strike in protest against overly restrictive conditions and extended periods of isolation. They demanded warm clothes and a handball for use during their one-hour

300-457: A plot to escape. Biding his time, he plays chess against a computer, easily defeating the program, and expresses the need for a challenge akin to Garry Kasparov or Deep Blue . Meanwhile, Conner, along with police captain Cassidy and Matt's physician, Dr. Hawkins, prepare for McCabe to be transferred to the hospital for the organ transplant . At the hospital, McCabe is given a sedative . With

330-472: A quarter of the prison's facilities, and are known as the Security Housing Unit, or SHU. This facility contains 1,056 solitary confinement cells, organized into 132 eight-cell pods. Each cell is 8 ft × 10 ft (2.4 m × 3.0 m) and contains a concrete ledge with a foam pad to be used as a bed, a steel combination sink and toilet, and two concrete cubes that serve as

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360-675: Is a supermax prison in Crescent City, California . The 275-acre (111 ha) prison takes its name from a shallow bay on the Pacific coast, about 2 mi (3.2 km) to the west. The prison is located in a detached section of Crescent City, several miles north of the main urban area and just south of the Oregon border. Pelican Bay State Prison opened in 1989. It covers 275 acres (111 ha), and grounds and operations are physically divided. An X-shaped cluster of buildings comprise

390-412: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Desperate Measures (film) San Francisco police officer and widowed father Frank Conner is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his leukemia -stricken son, Matt. In desperation, he breaks into FBI headquarters and finds a perfect match. Unfortunately, it is Peter McCabe,

420-587: Is inhumane and debilitating", and that "[t]he solitary confinement regime at Pelican Bay violates the United States Constitution 's requirement of due process and prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment ". In August 2015, as a result of the aforementioned class-action lawsuit, California agreed to end its unlimited isolation policy. Inmates are no longer isolated as a preventive measure; only those who commit new crimes while incarcerated are eligible for up to five years of isolation. In

450-480: The SHU. The plaintiffs were all housed in the SHU for 11 to 22 years, some having been transferred directly from other SHUs. The suit claims that the inmates "have been incarcerated California’s Pelican Bay State Prison's Security Housing Unit ("SHU") for an unconscionably long period of time without meaningful review of their placement", that "California's uniquely harsh regime of prolonged solitary confinement at Pelican Bay

480-434: The Security Housing Unit. After Pelican Bay State Prison opened in 1989, guards eager to assert their dominance over the inmates established a culture of violence. Inmates in the Security Housing Unit were beaten, tied and left naked, or subjected to staged " gladiator fights" by guards who would intentionally release two prisoners from enemy gangs and then shoot at the prisoners after they began fighting. Vaughn Dortch, who

510-423: The aid of a counteracting drug he had obtained from a fellow inmate, McCabe slips out of his restraints, attacks the guards and surgeons and attempts to escape. Conner and a fellow officer corner him, but McCabe holds a scalpel to Hawkins' throat, prompting Conner to drop his gun. The other officer gets the drop on McCabe, but Hawkins warns the police that if he dies, his bone marrow becomes useless. Conner stands in

540-409: The arm. McCabe attempts to flee, but Conner is determined not to let him go. Conner wounds McCabe, sending him off the bridge and into the bay. Conner then dives in and saves him. Back in the hospital, a wounded McCabe agrees to the transplant, which saves Matt's life. Even though his career is over, Conner is overjoyed that his son will live. McCabe is informed by a guard that the surgery went well. As

570-442: The bed reclines upwards and McCabe looks at the guard menacingly, the guard suddenly realizes that his gun is missing. McCabe holds it over the guard and asks, "What kind of car do you have?" On Rotten Tomatoes Desperate Measures has an approval rating of 19% based on reviews from 31 critics. The site's consensus states: "Times aren't desperate enough for this lame thriller to be called for." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave

600-401: The building. Matt tries to wound McCabe to give his father a better chance; impressed, McCabe spares Matt and leaves him at the hospital for Conner to find. McCabe then escapes into the city, where he steals a car. Conner chases McCabe to a bridge, still needing him captured alive. Cassidy and his men arrive in a helicopter and a sniper opens fire. Conner again shields McCabe and is wounded in

630-511: The fictional series Life , Detective Charlie Crews spends twelve years in Pelican Bay for a triple homicide he did not commit, part of it spent in the SHU, as the background of the series' plot. In the TV series The Shield , the main character Vic Mackey regularly threatens recalcitrant suspects with only the name of the prison. Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington) threatens gang members with

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660-423: The film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale. Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "By the time Desperate Measures degenerates into an old-fashioned car chase, you may wish you were watching General Hospital . Although I suspect there is plenty of bone marrow and leukemia-related preposterousness here, my limited medical education precludes me from informed eyeball-rolling. I may not be

690-487: The first widespread media attention to the Security Housing Units in California, the scale at which prisoners were being kept in such conditions, and the fact that there were prisoners who had been kept in solitary confinement at Pelican Bay for twenty years. On the seventh week of the strike, Judge Thelton Henderson signed an order to permit the " re-feeding " of prisoners who were participating, though it

720-533: The part of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), with upwards of 29,000 prisoners across California joining in the hunger strike . Strikers demanded reform of "cruel" policies used to identify and subsequently isolate or punish alleged gang members, including lengthy solitary confinement and the quality of living improvements. The strike lasted for two months, and dozens of prisoners were hospitalized. The strike brought

750-534: The prison holds Level IV ( maximum security ) inmates in a general population environment with two-man cells. The remaining prison houses Level II inmates in an open-cell, dormitory-style facility for 500 individuals, and Level I (minimum security) prisoners in a facility for 400 individuals located outside of the main perimeter of the prison. As of March 2022 , 1,852 people were incarcerated at Pelican Bay State Prison. 1,112 (60%) of those inmates were Level IV (maximum security) prisoners, 290 of whom were located in

780-402: The security cameras, he realizes that his nemesis is a truly devoted father and develops a grudging respect for him. Conner intervenes when McCabe is about to ambush Cassidy and his SWAT team with a set of tanks of cyclopropane . Cassidy is furious that Conner continues to aid an escaped convict, while McCabe is angry that Conner foiled his plan. He kidnaps Matt and descends to the sub-levels of

810-413: The use of excessive force by guards, inadequate medical and mental healthcare, and the practice of housing mentally ill prisoners in the SHU. Prisoners at PBSP, particularly those in isolation for several years, have organized or joined in hunger strikes in protest of conditions at the prison and the practice of subjecting prisoners to long periods of isolation. In 2002, a reported 60 SHU inmates began

840-533: The way of the other officer; McCabe takes his gun and shoots the officer. After hearing what happened, Cassidy immediately orders Conner removed from the scene. Conner breaks free to search the hospital for McCabe on his own. McCabe causes an explosion with propane tanks, seizes control of the hospital's adjacent wing, holds guards hostage and orders a lockdown of the building. Conner and Hawkins make their way to McCabe and convince him to let them inside so that Hawkins can attend to Matt. As McCabe watches Conner on

870-596: Was not clear precisely what was permitted by the order. However, this was made unnecessary shortly after when Senator Loni Hancock and Assembly member Tom Ammiano promised to investigate the state's policies around solitary confinement and consider legislation. Following this promise, the prisoners agreed to end the strike. In May 2012, California's prison system faced a lawsuit from the Center for Constitutional Rights , Legal Services for inmates with Children, and other California attorneys on behalf of ten men incarcerated in

900-640: Was serving a ten-year sentence for grand theft and whose mental illness had worsened since being moved to the SHU, was taken in April 1992 to be bathed by guards after smearing himself with feces. Five or six guards subjected Dortch to a bath in scalding water while he was handcuffed, leaving him with second- and third-degree burns . Prisoners were also regularly housed two to a cell in the SHU due to overcrowding, with 364 prisoners double-bunked in 1990 and approximately 1,000 double-bunked by 1995, leading to serious injuries from cell fights. Media attention, including

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