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Southern Injustice: 37 Years in Solitary
Over the past year, I’ve been writing about the Angola 3 in a series of stories for Mother Jones. Earlier stories have highlighted the men’s federal lawsuit, which claims violations of their...
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The Mark of Cain: God and Man at Angola Prison
The Associated Press today put out a laudatory piece on Warden Burl Cain’s program of Christian education at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The article, which was picked up by the New York...
View ArticleACLU Gets One Angola Prisoner Released from Solitary
The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana is kept busy trying to safeguard the basic constitutional rights of the state’s 45,000+ prisoners. According to the group’s web site: Louisiana has the...
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Louisiana Sues Its Own Death Row Prisoners
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections last Friday sued every inmate on death row, in an effort to block any one of them from challenging the state’s lethal injection procedures....
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Our Father Who Art in Prison
Sweatshirt for sale in the Angola Museum gift shop reads "Angola: A Gated Community" You sometimes have to wonder why the state of Louisiana doesn’t just transform Angola prison into a year-round...
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Amnesty International Calls for Angola 3’s Release from 40 Years of Solitary...
Amnesty International has issued a press release, action alert, and detailed report on the case of the Angola 3, which has been extensively documented in Mother Jones (here, here, and here). The press...
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“God’s Own Warden”: Inside Angola Prison
Editor’s Note: The latest issue of Mother Jones magazine includes James Ridgeway’s long article on Burl Cain, warden of the nation’s largest prison, and possibly its most notorious. The former slave...
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Torturous Milestone: 40 Years in Solitary for the Angola 3
Today marks 40 years in solitary confinement for Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox. Our article on the Angola 3 appears today on MotherJones.com. On the world stage, Guantanamo may well stand as the...
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Louisiana Attorney General Says Angola 3 “Have Never Been Held in Solitary...
Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace in the early 1970s, when they were placed in solitary confinement. (Photo from “In the Land of the Free.”) James “Buddy” Caldwell, attorney general of the state of...
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Members of Congress Call for Federal Investigation of Louisiana’s Use of...
Herman Wallace’s drawing of his isolation cell. Update, July 15: Over the weekend, Louisiana’s Hunt prison reduced Herman Wallace’s classification from maximum to medium, according to a source in his...
View ArticleWill the Supreme Court Free Albert Woodfox After 43 Years in Solitary?
Albert Woodfox, the last remaining incarcerated member of the “Angola 3,” is appealing to the Supreme Court for his release after a tumultuous succession of appeals and overturned decisions. Sent to...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [12/13/2015]
• The Colorado Department of Corrections will spend more than $4.7 million to build an outdoor recreation area at the state’s highest security prison, Colorado State Penitentiary (CSP). The move is a...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [3/25/19]
• WAVY reported that a federal judge issued an opinion following the settlement of a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of 24-year-old Jamycheal Mitchell, who died in solitary confinement at...
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