On the July 13th edition of Your Call, we’ll have a conversation with journalist Sarah Shourd about her new play The Box, which is based on years of conversations with people who have lived in solitary confinement.
In The Box, Shourd, who spent 410 days in isolation while imprisoned in Iran, explores the slow psychological violence rooted in solitary confinement. An estimated 80,000 to 100,000 people in state prisons were held in some form of solitary confinement in 2014. What will it take to end this practice? It’s Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guest:
Sarah Shourd, journalist and playwright for The Box
Web Resources:
Z Space: The Box
The Box, a play about solitary confinement
AJ+: Former Prisoner of Iran Writes Play on Solitary Confinement
The Guardian: What is solitary confinement?
Making Contact: Survivors of solitary confinement
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity
SF Bayview, National Black Newspaper