[Ppnews] Angola 3 - Herman Wallace put in "the dungeon"

[Political Prisoner News]

'Angola 3' member reportedly in solitary holding cell
http://www.wdam.com/Global/story.asp?S=8486525


Associated Press - June 13, 2008 9:24 AM ET

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An inmate who only recently 
was moved into a dormitory after 36 years in 
solitary confinement at the Louisiana State 
Penitentiary reportedly is now in a cell that inmates call "the dungeon."

That word comes from Emma Mackinnon, a 
spokeswoman for attorneys representing Herman 
Wallace and two other former Black Panthers known 
as the Angola Three because they were kept in 
isolation for decades in the state prison at Angola.

Officials at the prison and other state 
corrections officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

Mackinnon says the other member of the Angola 
Three who is still in prison - Albert Woodfox - 
called attorneys last night and said guards had 
come for Wallace, and said they were moving him 
to a holding cell known as the dungeon.

A federal magistrate has recommended overturning 
Woodfox's conviction. Wallace has an appeal on similar grounds in state court.


'Angola 3' member moved to one-man holding cell

6/13/2008, 11:29 a.m. CDT
The Associated Press
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/news-39/1213363446317710.xml&storylist=louisiana#continue

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ­ An inmate who only recently 
was moved into a dormitory after 36 years in 
solitary confinement was in a one-man holding 
cell Friday, accused of breaking a prison rule.

Warden Cathy Fontenot, a prison spokeswoman, said 
she could not say what Herman Wallace allegedly 
did because rule violations are not public information.

"It's a minor violation of a phone issue," 
defense attorney Nicholas Trenticosta said ­ the 
sort of infraction likely to bring a temporary 
loss of privileges if it is found valid.

Wallace will get an administrative hearing within 72 hours, Fontenot said.

Wallace is one of three former Black Panthers 
known as the Angola Three because they were kept 
in isolation for decades in the Louisiana State 
Penitentiary at Angola, 40 miles northwest of Baton Rouge.

One was freed in 2001 after 29 years in solitary 
confinement, but Wallace and Albert Woodfox were 
in isolation cells from 1972 until this past 
March, when they were moved to a maximum-security 
dormitory with nine other inmates.

Wallace was moved days after a federal magistrate 
recommended overturning Woodfox's conviction for 
killing a prison guard. Wallace, who also was 
convicted in the stabbing death of guard Brent 
Miller on April 17, 1972, has an appeal on similar grounds in state court.

Trenticosta said he and other attorneys met with 
Wallace and Woodfox on Thursday to talk about the 
non-binding recommendation to U.S. District Judge John Brady.

He said the move to a holding cell is standard 
when an inmate is accused of breaking a rule, and 
the timing for Wallace appears to be just coincidence.





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