"The Angola 3"

The Angola 3 refers to three African American activists—Albert Woodfox, Herman Wallace, and Robert King—who were imprisoned in Louisiana's Angola Prison for decades, primarily on charges related to the 1972 death of a prison guard. Their cases gained attention because many believe they were unfairly convicted or held in prolonged solitary confinement mainly due to their activism and efforts for prison reform. Notably, Wallace and Woodfox spent over 40 years in solitary, with Wallace dying in prison in 2013. Their story highlights issues of racial injustice, wrongful imprisonment, and the impact of extreme solitary confinement in the U.S. prison system.