Wallace claimed he was wrongly convicted in a prison guard's 1972 death Wallace was one of the "Angola 3" inmates who protested conditions at the prison Just days after he was released from a ...

The stage play Angola 3 will premiere on Friday, October 20, at the Carver Theater. This play was written by Parnell Herbert and will be directed by filmmaker Saran Bynum. The doors will open each ...

A federal judge has once again ordered the state of Louisiana to release Albert Woodfox, a former Black Panther who has spent more than 40 years in solitary confinement. Woodfox and Herman Wallace, ...

(CNN)Could Albert Woodfox, who's spent more than four decades in solitary confinement for a crime he's long argued he didn't commit, set foot outside prison this week? The decision about whether the ...

Hundreds gathered Saturday in New Orleans to remember Angola 3 member Herman Wallace as he was laid to rest. Wallace spent nearly 42 years in solitary confinement before he was released on October 1 ...

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- 'Angola 3' member Robert King, center, smiles outside the West Feliciana Courthouse, after another Angola 3 member, Albert Woodfox, pleaded no contest to ...

Now through January, the Historic New Orleans Collection is hosting an exhibit called "Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration," which explores Louisiana's present-day ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Herman Wallace launched the appeal of his conviction nearly a decade ago. His lawyers ...