A US judge has ordered the unconditional release of Albert Woodfox, the country’s longest-serving solitary confinement prisoner, who has spent 43 years in isolation behind bars in a Louisiana jail.
Woodfox, 68, (pictured above) was placed in solitary confinement after he was accused of taking part in a riot that led to the death of a prison guard in 1972. He has always maintained his innocence, saying he was framed for the murder because of his membership of the Black Panther Party.
Woodfox was an inmate at the Angola prison in 1972 where he was serving time for armed robbery.
Woodfox and two other state prisoners became known as the Angola Three due to their long stretches in solitary confinement at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola.
Source: Reuters/Telegraph
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