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Long Term Solitary Confinement
Peter “Pitt” Mukuria
“It will be six years this October when my son has been locked up. He’s not the same person he was when he first went in. I don’t know who’s done what to him, but… Full Transcript
On Other Prisoners Compilation
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Last of Angola Three Free.” Albert Woodfox, the last of the Angola Three, walked free. Albert Woodfox has the dubious distinction of having spent 43 years in the hole—solitary confinement—in the infamous prison farm and… Full Transcript
Interview with Khalfani Malik Khaldun
Cetewayo Freed from the Hole
Mumia Abu-Jamal
On the white card above his cell door, the name Arthur Johnson is typed, followed by his prison number. Johnson has been held in solitary confinement in half a dozen PA prisons, since 1979, late… Full Transcript
Maroon Prevails
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Russell Maroon Shoatz, a Black Liberation fighter since his youth, after many years of struggle, has prevailed in his action to bar the Pa. Dept. of Corrections (DOC) from ever holding him in isolation again.… Full Transcript
Solitary: Arthur’s World
Mumia Abu-Jamal
His name is Arthur Johnson, and he has lived in his cell, in the ‘hole’, for 37 years. You heard me right: 37 years! He was first cast into the Pa. Dept. of Corrections version… Full Transcript
Hi, my name is Derrick Gibson, a prisoner in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections on the restricted release list of solitary confinement. After a week-long hunger strike and protest of the prison conditions of long-term… Full Transcript