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    Sean BrodyHamilton Nolan
    6/09/15 11:40am

    I’ve been down to Angola for the rodeo.
    Kind of regretted it to be honest. The rigid fear on the inmates’ faces, you knew you were a tourist in hell.

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      BlissletSean Brody
      6/09/15 11:46am

      I have a friend there and your description just made me infinitely more sad for him...

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      Sean BrodyBlisslet
      6/09/15 11:49am

      I have a friend there and your description just made me infinitely more sad for him...

      Sorry, man. I hope he gets out soon.
      If he plays by Burl Cain’s rules to the letter, he might not have too bad a time of it.
      It is Cain’s world though, there is no law other than his.

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    Hingle McCringleberryHamilton Nolan
    6/09/15 11:42am

    for those interested: He was originally convicted of armed robbery, organized prisoners into a Black Panther prison reform movement, and was accused of a guards murder, in the eyes of the court, as a purely retaliatory move in response to his protesting and organization. The court has barred a 3rd prosecution essentially saying they can’t trust the state to provide a fair trial.

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      stacyinbeanHingle McCringleberry
      6/09/15 11:58am

      “saying they can’t trust the state to provide a fair trial”

      :shudders:

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      benjaminalloverHingle McCringleberry
      6/09/15 12:04pm

      I clicked the link in the naive hope of learning about possible consequences for prosecutorial misconduct. Oh no, not only will there once again be no consequences for prosecutors, they’re still trying to re-convict him;

      State prosecutors, on the other hand, are working to keep Woodfox in prison, according to the Associated Press. “With today’s order, the court would see fit to set free a twice-convicted murderer,” said Aaron Sadler, a spokesman for Louisiana Atty. Gen. Buddy Caldwell, according to the AP. “This order arbitrarily sets aside jury decisions and gives a free pass to a murderer based on faulty procedural issues.”

      Ya “procedural issues” such as framing him for a murder you know he did not commit.

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    benjaminalloverHamilton Nolan
    6/09/15 11:46am

    I can’t even believe someone survived 43 years of solitary confinement. That’s a level of mental torture that is truly incomprehensible to me.

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      Hi, it's me AGAIN?benjaminallover
      6/09/15 12:02pm

      That was my first thought. Is there enough left of him to survive in society?

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      benjaminalloverHi, it's me AGAIN?
      6/09/15 12:10pm

      I really don’t see how. Human beings can be incredibly resilient, but this is far beyond anything I can imagine a person coming through with their mind or soul intact.

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    sarasasaHamilton Nolan
    6/09/15 11:47am

    What is it with US prisons and solitary confinement? Seriously, I always thought it was a one off sort of punishment, spending a day or two in solitary to set you straight. But more and more I’m seeing these stories of inmates spending weeks, months, or 43 fucking years in isolation, which is absolutely horrifying. How? Do prisons even have enough capacity to keep these many people in constant solitary?

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      burlivesleftnutsarasasa
      6/09/15 11:55am

      Seriously, that’s as old as I am. This guy has been stuck in one room my entire life.

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      smallgoodthingsarasasa
      6/09/15 11:58am

      It is horrifying how often prisoners end up in solitary—and stay there. Also, many of the inmates in solitary are there because of behavior related to untreated mental illness, and solitary magnifies mental illnesses. It’s simply inhumane.

      I have no idea how this guy managed 43 years, even without mental illness.

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    BobbySeriousHamilton Nolan
    6/09/15 11:44am

    At some point we really need to start caring about the conditions of people imprisoned at least as much as we do the whales at SeaWorld. Just sayin'.

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      ThePriceisWrongBobbySerious
      6/09/15 12:42pm

      This needs more stars

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    cepalgHamilton Nolan
    6/09/15 12:00pm

    Angola Plantation: When God Closed The Door On Slavery, We Opened A Window.

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      littleyewcepalg
      6/09/15 12:10pm

      I will never get over the fact that Angola used to be a plantation.

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      lawtalkingguylittleyew
      6/09/15 1:57pm

      Still is.

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    Gatanga!Hamilton Nolan
    6/09/15 11:39am

    Oh please God!, the powers that be, (ya dumbfucks), give this man all the money.

    ALL THE MONEY.

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      matt.maraGatanga!
      6/09/15 11:55am

      Too bad Louisiana doesn’t have any money to give. Unless you want to rip out more money from education.

      Those TV, film, and industry tax breaks don’t pay for themselves, y’all!

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    Annoy-a-tronHamilton Nolan
    6/09/15 12:28pm

    The prison is called ‘Angola’? It is literally named after one of the worst countries in freaking Africa, ffs.

    From Wikipedia: “Angola is classified as ‘not free’ by Freedom House in the Freedom in the World 2014 report.[28] The report noted that theAugust 2012 parliamentary elections, in which the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola won more than 70% of the vote, suffered from serious flaws, including outdated and inaccurate voter rolls.[28] Voter turnout dropped from 80% in 2008 to 60%.[28]

    Angola scored poorly on the 2013 Ibrahim Index of African Governance. It was ranked 39 out of 52 sub-Saharan Africancountries, scoring particularly badly in the areas of Participation and Human Rights, Sustainable Economic Opportunity and Human Development. The Ibrahim Index uses a number of different variables to compile its list which reflects the state of governance in Africa.[29]

    The new constitution, adopted in 2010, further sharpened the authoritarian character of the regime. In the future, there will be no presidential elections: the president and the vice-president of the political party which comes out strongest in the parliamentary elections become automatically president and vice-president of Angola.[30] Through a variety of mechanisms, the state president controls all the other organs of the state, so that the principle of the division of power is not maintained. As a consequence, Angola no longer has a presidential system in the sense of the systems existing, e.g., in the USA or inFrance. In terms of the classifications used in constitutional law, its regime is considered one of several authoritarian regimes in Africa.[31]

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      Stolen CorollaAnnoy-a-tron
      6/09/15 12:41pm

      Not sure of the history of prison nomenclature, but historically most of west Africa was referred to as Angola, not just the area that has become the country.

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    BrowningpantsNagleHamilton Nolan
    6/09/15 11:46am

    Charles Manson carries on relationships and has a dozen parole hearings and this brother has been in solitary since we were in Vietnam?

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      curiousHamilton Nolan
      6/09/15 11:51am

      Sometimes it’s hard to draw the line between justice, vengence, and plain ‘ol human cruelty. The line was obliterated decades ago in this case.

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