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| (April 2013 photo of Herman Wallace) |
Angola 3's Herman Wallace, Gravely Ill, Still Held in Isolation
By James Ridgeway and Jean Casella
(Reprinted with permission from
Solitary Watch)
Herman Wallace, 71, has been diagnosed with liver cancer. He is being held
in a locked prison hospital room at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center at
St. Gabriel, Louisiana. The prognosis is grave, according to persons with
direct knowledge of the situation. Wallace is one of the two members
of the Angola 3 who, along with Albert Woodfox, is still being held
in solitary after
more
than 41 years.
Tessa Murphy, U.S. Campaigner for
Amnesty
International, which has taken up the case, said in an email, “The tens of
thousands of Amnesty International supporters worldwide who have campaigned
over the years for justice in Herman and Albert’s case will be devastated by
this sad news. Herman and Albert have been held in cruel conditions of
confinement for over 40 years without meaningful review; neither of the men
have disciplinary record to indicate that they are a threat to themselves,
fellow prisoners or staff, and the Louisiana prison authorities have since 1996
broken their own policy to justify the men’s continued detention under these
conditions.’’
This morning we lost without a doubt the biggest, bravest, and brashest personality in the political prisoner world. It is with great sadness that we write with the news of Herman Wallace's passing.
