40 Years in Solitary Confinement: Two Members of Angola 3 Remain in Isolation in Louisiana Prison

Democracy Now by Amy Goodman | Apr. 17, 2012 (Special Report)

(Multimedia) It’s been 40 years to the day — since April 17, 1972, or 14,600 days ago — that Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox have been held in solitary confinement in Louisiana. The state says they were guilty of murdering a guard at Angola Prison, but Wallace, Woodfox and their network of supporters say they were framed for their political activism as members of the Black Panthers. Full Story »

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