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<h2><b>Angola 3 Prisoner Herman Wallace Moved to New
Prison</b></h2><font size=3> By
<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/authors/james-ridgeway">James
Ridgeway</a> | Fri March 20, 2009 12:21 PM PST<br>
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</a>The Louisiana Department of Corrections has transferred Herman
Wallace, who has
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spent more than three decades in solitary confinement</a> in the state's
notorious Angola prison, to another prison in the state, <i>Mother
Jones</i> has learned. Wallace is a member of the so-called Angola 3, a
group of prisoners who spent decades in solitary after being convicted of
prison murders based on questionable evidence. The prolonged confinement
of Wallace and fellow Angola 3 member Albert Woodfox is the subject of a
civil habeas corpus suit charging Angola with cruel and inhuman
punishment. Wallace's transfer follows
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stories</a> by NPR and <i>Mother Jones</i> raising questions about the
evidence and witness testimony used to convict Wallace and Woodfox of the
1972 murder of Angola prison guard Brent Miller.<br><br>
According to one of Wallace's lawyers, Nick Trenticosta, prison officials
moved Wallace unexpectedly--and without informing his attorneys-- on
Wednesday night to the Hunt Correctional Facility in St. Gabrielo,
Louisiana. Hunt is used as both a permanent prison and as a way station
where prisoners are evaluated before being sent on to other facilities.
Wallace's defense team has been scrambling to contact their client,
though they have been told by corrections officials that they won't be
able to speak with him until next week. (Corrections officials at Angola
did not return a call for comment).<br><br>
Federal Magistrate Judge Docia L. Dalby, in a decision rebuffing the
state of Louisiana's attempt to dismiss the civil case, describes the
decades of solitary confinement endured by Wallace and Woodfox as
"durations so far beyond the pale that this court has not found
anything even remotely comparable in the annals of American
jurisprudence." In a 2008 deposition in the suit, Angola Warden Burl
Cain claimed the men had been held in solitary for so long due in part to
their association with the Black Panther party. <br><br>
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