America's Prisons vs. Iran's Prisons

Shane Bauer was one of three hikers apprehended near the border of Iraq and Iran. He spent 26 months in an Iranian prison, 4 of those months were in solitary confinement.  He wrote an investigative article on solitary confinement comparing his experience in Iran with how prisoners here in the U.S. are treated. Shaun won the 2013 Hillman Prize for Magazine Journalism for his article.

Click here to read Shane Bauer's article.