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“A man who would not be broken. Not by more than 40 years of solitary in Angola (the Alcatraz of the south in Louisiana) not by maddening injustice in courts, not by beatings, isolation, or loneliness.” Barry Scheck, The Innocence Project. Released after 43 years, for a crime he says he did not commit, Albert Woodfox is the longest-standing solitary confinement prisoner in the U.S. He shares his remarkable story…growing up in poverty in Louisiana, survival in prison, and how he is advocating to seek prison reform, along with his co-counsel, Carine Williams. On this compelling episode of “The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan.” This conversation was recorded at Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florida.
Host: Mitchell Kaplan
Producer: Carmen Lucas
Editor: Lit Hub Radio
Links: https://booksandbooks.com/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/books/review-solitary-albert-woodfox.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/books/review/albert-woodfox-solitary.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/11/us/on-tortuous-road-to-freedom-angola-three-inmate-albert-woodfox-bides-his-time.html
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“A man who would not be broken. Not by more than 40 years of solitary in Angola (the Alcatraz of the south in Louisiana) not by maddening injustice in courts, not by beatings, isolation, or loneliness.” Barry Scheck, The Innocence Project. Released after 43 years, for a crime he says he did not commit, Albert Woodfox is the longest-standing solitary confinement prisoner in the U.S. He shares his remarkable story…growing up in poverty in Louisiana, survival in prison, and how he is advocating to seek prison reform, along with his co-counsel, Carine Williams. On this compelling episode of “The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan.” This conversation was recorded at Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florida.
Host: Mitchell Kaplan
Producer: Carmen Lucas
Editor: Lit Hub Radio
Links: https://booksandbooks.com/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/books/review-solitary-albert-woodfox.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/books/review/albert-woodfox-solitary.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/11/us/on-tortuous-road-to-freedom-angola-three-inmate-albert-woodfox-bides-his-time.html
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