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March 27, 2008
'Angola 2' Leave Solitary Cells in La. After 36 Years....changing cells is not enough!
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'Angola 2' Leave Solitary Cells in La. After 36 Years
by Laura Sullivan
Morning Edition, March 27, 2008 • Two former Black Panthers imprisoned in Louisiana are out of solitary confinement for the first time since the 1970s. State corrections officials say Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox were moved into a "maximum security dormitory" earlier this week. Louisiana prison officials once said the men, known as the Angola 2, would never be moved.
Nick Trenticosta, lawyer for Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, two of the "Angola Three," issued the following statement in response to Louisiana State
Penitentiary's decision to move his clients from solitary confinement to a separate dormitory:
"Herman and Albert need to be released from prison because they are innocent: they were framed for a murder they did not commit.
"After thirty-six years of solitary confinement, recent media scrutiny, a press conference by Louisiana House Judiciary Committee Chairman Cedric Richmond, and a visit by
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers have caused the Angola prison authorities to panic and move the two men into new quarters without informing them or their lawyers about the terms of their new situation at the prison.
"We will redouble our efforts to gain justice and therefore freedom for Wallace and Woodfox. Changing their cells is not enough."
Posted by lois at March 27, 2008 02:22 PM