Abusing Prisoners Decreases Public Safety –An interview with educator, author and former prisoner Shawn Griffith   By Angola 3 News   If given the attention it deserves, an important new book is certain to make significant contributions to the public discussions of US prison policy. The author, Shawn Griffith, was released last year from Florida’s prison system at [...]

An interview with Dan Kovalik and Bret Grote By Angola 3 News Earlier this week, on Wednesday, May 8, lawyers for Russell ‘Maroon’ Shoatz filed a federal lawsuit regarding his placement in solitary confinement for over 22 consecutive years. The written complaint, directed at Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel and the Superintendents of SCI-Greene, where Shoatz was [...]

http://youtu.be/3o1Uj9s8YiY –An interview with Theresa Shoatz and Matt Meyer This month, a 30-day action campaign was launched demanding the release of Russell ‘Maroon’ Shoatz from solitary confinement, where he has been held for over 23 consecutive years, and 28 of the last 30 years, in Pennsylvania prisons. On April 8, when the campaign began, Maroon’s legal team sent [...]

  http://youtu.be/Kotf68mrqCI   A3 Newsletter: Four Score and One Too Many Years –By the International Coalition to Free the Angola 3 Today, April 17, 2013, marks 41 years that Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace have been unjustly incarcerated in solitary confinement in Louisiana. This is 41 years of living in concrete and metal cages of 6 x [...]

There are only a few days remaining before Amnesty International ends their online action campaign urging Louisiana Attorney General James Caldwell to not appeal the February 25 ruling by US District Court Judge James Brady that overturned Albert Woodfox’s conviction. Because Caldwell has already said that he will appeal the ruling to the US Fifth Circuit [...]

http://youtu.be/Kotf68mrqCI   My name is Robert H. King. I was released on February 8, 2001 after spending 31 years in prison – 29 of them in solitary confinement at the infamous Louisiana State Prison also known as ‘Angola’. Confined there with me were Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace, the other two friends who make up [...]

March 21 article by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella, reprinted from Solitary Watch James “Buddy” Caldwell, attorney general of the state of Louisiana, has released a statement saying unequivocally that Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, the two still-imprisoned members of the Angola 3, “have never been held in solitary confinement while in the Louisiana penal system.” In [...]

In response to Judge Brady’s ruling this week that overturned Albert Woodfox’s conviction for a third time, Amnesty International has released a new statement calling on the Louisiana Attorney General to not appeal Brady’s ruling to the Fifth Circuit Court. The complete Amnesty statement is reprinted below. Once again, we want to thank A3 supporters for all [...]

We are excited to share to new pieces released today. First is Amy Goodman’s Truthdig column about Albert Woodfox and the Angola 3. Second is this morning’s Democracy Now radio/tv show with co-host Juan Gonzalez, featuring interviews with Robert King of the Angola 3, who was released in 2001 after 29 years in solitary confinement, and Mwalimu Johnson, [...]

(View/Download a PDF of Judge Brady’s ruling here.) 

(For more background, read the Angola 3 News interview with Amnesty International’s Tessa Murphy about Amnesty’s investigation of California SHUs, with a particular focus on Amnesty’s critique of how prison authorities have responded to the demands of thousands of hunger strikers)   Amnesty International has released a statement a few days before the California State Assembly Public [...]

An interview with author/activist Nancy Kurshan Author and longtime activist Nancy Kurshan’s new book, entitled Out of Control: A Fifteen Year Battle Against Control Unit Prisons , has just been released by the Freedom Archives . Kurshan’s book documents the work of The Committee to End the Marion Lockdown (CEML), which she co-founded in 1985 as a response to the [...]

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEs3BQ0znAs   Reforming Prison’s Harshest Tactic –The Angola 3 case may help change the arbitrary and sometimes abusive use of solitary confinement By Katti Gray (This article was originally published by The Root on January 30, 2013 and is being reprinted here by Angola 3 News with permission from the author. Click here to read part 1, “Freedom After 40 Years [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRtbpMSqajI Albert Woodfox: Freedom After 40 Years in Solitary? –Supporters of one of the Angola 3 tell The Root why he might be released this time.

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