The Horrors of Solitary Confinement - April 17 2023

April 17th: Brent Miller Dies (Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox)(1974) Sometimes people who make waves have targets placed on their backs. On April 17th 1972 a young man was brutally slain and two men with targets on their back were placed in solitary confinement for the crime. A place they would remain for decades while many fought to prove their innocence. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2014/03/wife-murdered-prison-guard-urges-justice-man-placed-solitary-years-ago/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola_Three, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/herman-wallace-angola-three-dies-solitary-confinement, https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/19/467406096/last-of-angola-3-released-after-more-than-40-years-in-solitary-confinement, https://nypost.com/2013/10/03/terminally-ill-black-panther-released-from-solitary-after-41-years/, http://www.justicedenied.org/herman.htm, https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/71-year-old-louisiana-prisoner-freed-after-41-years-of-solitary/289-319973399, https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/released-prisoner-who-spent-41-years-in-solitary-confinement-1.1557881?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Flife-and-style%2Fpeople%2Freleased-prisoner-who-spent-41-years-in-solitary-confinement-1.1557881 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices