Angola 3 - Herman Wallace put in "the dungeon"

From:    "Political Prisoner News" <ppnews@freedomarchives.org>
Date:    Fri, June 13, 2008

'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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