The Angola 3 were sent to the Louisiana State Penitentiary also know as Angola in 1971. The three were convicted at the time for armed robbery. #Albert Woodfox, #Robert King, and #Herman Wallace were later put into solitary confinement in 1972 for the murder of a white prison guard. Woodfox escaped from a Louisiana courthouse during his sentencing […]
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