Albert Woodfox on Solitary, in conversation with Jelani Cobb
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Cobb interviews Woodfox on Solitary, which chronicles his more than four decades in solitary confinement for a crime he did not commit.
Solitary is the unforgettable life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement—in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell, 23 hours a day, in notorious Angola prison in Louisiana—all for a crime he did not commit. That Albert Woodfox survived was, in itself, a feat of extraordinary endurance against the violence and deprivation he faced daily. That he was able to emerge whole from his odyssey within America’s prison and judicial systems is a triumph of the human spirit, and makes his book a clarion call to reform the inhumanity of solitary confinement in the U.S. and around the world.
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03/27/2019 03:30 pm
03/27/2019 05:00 pm
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Albert Woodfox on Solitary, in conversation with Jelani Cobb
<p>**Please note: This program is at capacity and registraiton has been closed.</p>
<p>Cobb interviews Woodfox on <em>Solitary</em>, which chronicles his more than four decades in solitary confinement for a crime he did not commit.</p>
<p><em>Solitary</em> is the unforgettable life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement—in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell, 23 hours a day, in notorious Angola prison in Louisiana—all for a crime he did not commit. That Albert Woodfox survived was, in itself, a feat of extraordinary endurance against the violence and deprivation he faced daily. That he was able to emerge whole from his odyssey within America’s prison and judicial systems is a triumph of the human spirit, and makes his book a clarion call to reform the inhumanity of solitary confinement in the U.S. and around the world.</p>
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