Criminal justice reform and resilience are central in Albert Woodfox's 'Solitary'
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A Prisoner's Story - Albert Woodfox
Albert woodfox spent more than forty years in solitary confinement for a crime he says he didn't commit. He was already serving time at angola for armed robbery, and believes he and another inmate were set up because of their prison activism as members of the black panther party. The self discipline instilled in him by his mother helped him through those alone in his cell.
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