In 2009, Shane Bauer was one of three Americans detained while hiking in Iraq’s Kurdish region near the Iranian border. He and Josh Fattal ultimately were imprisoned for 26 months, much of it in solitary confinement.
Bauer's first major article since his release appears in the November/December issue of Mother Jones magazine and is titled "Solitary in Iran Nearly Broke Me. Then I Went Inside America's Prisons."
Democracy Now! also has an interview with Shane that can be viewed here.
On the theme of solitary confinement in America...
On Thursday, the ACLU of Maine will honor journalist and advocate for prison reform, Lance Tapley, with our 2012 Baldwin Award. Maine is a leader in solitary confinement reduction in large part to Lance's outstanding series on the conditions of confinement at the Maine State Prison.
