VIDEO: Former Hostage Shane Bauer Returns to Solitary

"There are no windows here:" Investigating America's prisons after years locked up in Iran.

—By and

| Thu Oct. 18, 2012 12:37 AM PDT

Seven months after being freed from prison in Iran, Shane Bauer began investigating solitary confinement in America. This video documents his journey to California's Pelican Bay prison, his first time behind bars since being released.

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