InvestigationJustice “I Felt Violated” California Prisons use brutal, degrading methods to discover inmate contraband — despite the existence of alternatives. Shane BauerThe GuardianJune 3, 2014
InvestigationBusiness Get Out of Jail Fee Lobbyists, guns, and money: inside the shadowy — and very well-connected — bail bonds industry. Shane BauerMother JonesMay 15, 2014
BackstoryJustice The Backstory: Shane Bauer Shane Bauer talks about reporting from a Solitary Housing Unit in a California prison as a reporter with personal experience of being imprisoned. Shane BauerFebruary 4, 2013
InvestigationJustice California’s Cruelest Prisons Solitary confinement is wrong, whether it’s here or in Iran. Shane BauerLos Angeles TimesOctober 18, 2012
InvestigationJustice No Way Out Some human rights groups now call solitary confinement “torture.” Yet the State of California throws thousands of men into solitary for little more than the books they read and the company they keep. Shane BauerMother JonesOctober 18, 2012
InvestigationWorld The Sheik Down How American commanders have used Iraq’s Awakening Councils to pay millions of dollars in thinly disguised bribes to Sunni sheikhs. Shane BauerMother JonesSeptember 1, 2009
InvestigationPolitics, World Iraq’s New Death Squad The first major investigation of Iraq’s Special Operations Forces, the largest special forces outfit ever built by the United States, which functions with near total impunity. Shane BauerThe NationJune 22, 2009
AnalysisWorld Blasts in Iraq Aren’t News Anymore At the front desk, the hotel manager tells me to settle up my tab; it’s been a long time and the bill is rising. “Tomorrow,” I tell him… Shane BauerFebruary 21, 2009
InvestigationWorld US-Backed Iraqi Security Gains Forged on Mass Deaths The U.S. military strategy of allying with Sunni militias was credited with improved security in parts of Iraq. But at what cost? Shane BauerDemocracy Now!February 9, 2009