well, for more, we go now to los angeles, california, where we're joined by dolores canales, the co-founder of california families to abolish solitary confinement. her son, john martinez, has been held in solitary confinement at pelican bay for more than 14 years. dolores herself spent time in an institute for women in 1999. and in pittsburgh, pennsylvania we're joined by jules lobel, the president of the center for constitutional rights and a law professor at the university of pittsburgh. the lead attorney representing prisoners at pelican bay in the lawsuit challenging long-term solitary confinement in california prisons. we welcome you both to democracy now! jules lobel, lay out what this decision, with the settlement means. >> up until now, california has put thousands of prisoners in solitary confinement simply because they have some association with a gang or alleged association with the gang. often simply for artwork for political literature which the official said were gang related in some way. under the settlement, california will no longer do that. in addition, when california put