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Solitary Cells in La. After 36 Years<br><br>
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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.<br><br>
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</font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica" size=3 color="#00117D">Nick
Trenticosta, lawyer for Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, two<br>
of the "Angola Three," issued the following statement in
response to Louisiana State<br>
Penitentiary's decision to move his clients from solitary confinement to
a separate dormitory:<br><br>
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"Herman and Albert need to be released from prison because they are
innocent: they were<br>
framed for a murder they did not commit.<br><br>
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"After thirty-six years of solitary confinement, recent media
scrutiny, a press conference<br>
by Louisiana House Judiciary Committee Chairman Cedric Richmond, and a
visit by<br>
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers have caused the
Angola prison<br>
authorities to panic and move the two men into new quarters without
informing them or<br>
their lawyers about the terms of their new situation at the
prison.<br><br>
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"We will redouble our efforts to gain justice and therefore freedom
for Wallace and<br>
Woodfox. Changing their cells is not enough."<br><br>
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