Biography
Herman Wallace is part of the Angola 3, three men who successfully started the first Black Panther Party chapter in a prison. They were making significant gains in reducing abuse within the notorious Angola Prison and expanding prisoner rights when they were framed for the murder of a prison guard in 1973. All three were then placed in solitary confinement where Herman and Albert Woodfox remain. Robert Wilkerson spent 27 years in solitary until he was finally released in 2001.
Case
Louisiana State Penitentiary
