[4] They were driven to Evin Prison, in Tehran, where Shourd spent 410 days in solitary confinement in the political ward.
[11] She and her family publicly thanked Oman for playing a crucial role in making arrangements for securing her bail.
[15] As a journalist, Shourd has published on a variety of platforms, such as the New York Times, Mother Jones, Reuters, Daily Beast, Salon, San Francisco Magazine, SF Chronicle, and many more.
The play is based on the two-year investigation Shourd conducted while working with watchdog organization Solitary Watch and as a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley's Center for Law and Society, wherein she collected over 75 testimonies from prisoners kept in isolation in prisons across the U.S. She now works as an independent journalist, social engagement artist, and human rights strategy consultant in Oakland, California.
[citation needed] Shourd was appointed visiting scholar by the University of California Berkeley’s Center for Law and Society in 2014.