Sarah Shourd takes another look at solitary confinement, this time on Alcatraz Island

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Sarah Shroud was one of three hikers arrested by Iranian authorities in 2009 while hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan and unknowingly crossing into Iran. Shourd was held in solitary for 410 days. In 2016, she presented the first iteration of “The Box.” Now she is staging it on Alcatraz Island for two sold-out performances on Friday, June 14, and Saturday, June 15. The piece is part of “Future IDs,” an ongoing art exhibition that seeks to use one of the largest symbols of incarceration as the setting for projects seeking criminal justice reform.

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San Francisco Chronicle Datebook

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June 11, 2019

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