From “Superman” to Man
(Rogers), 161
Supermax.
See also
solitary confinement, 343
survival of the fittest, 44
Swahili (language), 170
“sweating” the prisoner to plead guilty, 51
T. Ratty (AW Angola friend), 25, 27–28
Talamantez, Luis, 238, 240
Tanner, Thomas, 214, 227
tattoos, 37
Taylor, Dorothy Mae, 82–83, 99, 119–20, 151, 197
Theresa (Mother), 163
In These Times
(Ridgeway and Quandt), 354
Thibodaux jail, 22–23
13th Amendment, U.S. Constitution, 123, 195, 348, 409, 412
“three stikes, you’re out” laws, 54–55
tier guards, 50, 101, 116–17, 193, 285
tobacco, cropping, 2
the Tombs (Manhattan House of Detention)
AW incarceration, 59–60, 78–79, 410
AW introduction to Black Panthers, 63–66
Black Panther presence, 91, 207
brutality toward prisoners described, 75–76
comparison to Angola, 59
creating/protecting a reputation, 60
prisoner riot, 74–76
Tony’s Green Room, robbery, 53–54, 376
Treatment Unit (TU, “mental ward”), 297
Trenticosta, Nick, 266, 272, 288–90, 298, 313, 317–18, 320, 322–23, 325–26, 332, 355
Trump, Donald, 408, 412
trust, importance/having one’s back, 91, 97, 114, 133, 198–99, 233, 251, 255
trustees, selection/function, 26–27, 43, 59, 113, 122, 151, 179–80, 287, 329
Truth, Sojourner, 206
Tucker Caliban (fictional character), 64–65
“turned out” (raped at Angola), 25–29
Turner, Leonard (“Specs”), 130, 144–47, 244–46, 271–73, 322, 377, 382, 391
20th Judicial District Court, St. Francisville, 218, 384, 400–401
two-for-one (“good time” system), 44–45, 53
Tyler, Gary, 154–56
Tyson, Ralph, 348
United Nations conference, 411
United Nations statements/reports, 343, 368–69, 374
unity
as key to resistance, 90, 159, 261, 284, 311, 379
loss of Black Panther infrastructure, 104
raised fist as sign of, 70, 309, 403
teaching prisoners the power of, 119
U.S. Constitution
1st Amendment, 263
4th Amendment, 373
6th Amendment, 214
8th Amendment, 123–24, 186, 203–04, 262, 354
13th Amendment, 123, 195, 348, 409, 412
14th Amendment, 123–24, 203–04, 363
Black Panther principles, 73
cruel and unusual punishment guarantee, 203
“hands-off” doctrine on prisoner abuse, 123
justification of slavery, 348
Louisiana failure to comply, 324–25, 364–66
solitary confinement as violation, 262–63, 293–94
violation of Confrontation Clause, 292–93
U.S Court of Appeals, 275, 332–33, 366
U.S Department of Health and Human Services, 225
U.S. District Court(s), 293, 331, 348–49
U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 69–70, 104, 127, 237, 267, 270, 306, 315, 322, 398
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court, 325, 346, 349, 372–78, 381–86, 393–94
U.S. House of Representatives, 315–16
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 232
U.S. Justice Department, 412
U.S. Magistrate Judge(s), 278, 293, 316–17
U.S. Sentencing Commission, 411
U.S. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, 374
vagrancy laws, 8, 197–98
Vanguard Army, 106, 109, 216, 377
Vera Institute of Justice, 408–09
Vietnam War, 71, 237
visual cavity search.
See
strip searches
VOTE (Voice of the Experienced), 409
wages, prisoner, 32, 412
Wall, Kurt, 383, 385
Wallace, Herman Joshua (“Hooks”)
as political prisoner, 192–93, 263
AW meeting for first time, 91–92
battling the administration, 115–19
beaten and placed in CCR, 104
Black Panthers, introduction to, 196
Black Panthers, recruitment, 92–95
Brent Miller, charged for murder of, 109–10
Brent Miller retrial, 218–19
Brent Miller trial, 142–49
death and burial, 367–69
habeas relief and release, 363–66
hunger strike, 157–58, 250–52
liver cancer, 352–67
psychiatric evaluation, 297–301
reading/becoming self-educated, 161
standing together with AW and King, 261–65
support from the outside, 280, 297
surviving/resisting breaking, 195, 198–200
trial testimony, 146–49
tribute on death of, 368
Washington Post
, 407
Weber, Timothy, 156
Welch, Jewel (“Duke”), 316
Wennerstrom, Ashley, 366–67
West, E. Gordon, 124
West Feliciana jail, 140, 377–80, 395–96
West Feliciana Parish, 122, 139, 169, 217, 268, 271, 331, 346, 349, 363, 366, 383–84, 387
White, Bruce, 236–37
Whitmore, Kenny (aka Zulu Heshima), 170, 250, 286
Wilkerson, Robert King.
See
King, Robert Hilary
Williams, Brie, 352–54
Williams, Carine, 289, 330, 341, 346, 352–53, 358, 362–66, 369, 382–83, 398–99
Williams, Hayes, 98, 124, 160, 191, 204
Williams, Herbert (“Fess”), 137–39
Woodfox, Albert (aka Shaka Zulu, Cinque, Q)
as political prisoner, 192–93, 263
building a life beyond Angola, 405–14
claustrophobic attacks, xiii, 114, 222, 300, 338, 378, 406
lawsuits, 124–25, 374–75
learning/self-education, 161
psychiatric evaluation, 297–301
standing together with King and Hooks, 261–65
studying law, 122–23
support from the outside, 280, 297, 305
surviving/resisting breaking, 121, 150–252, 195, 198–200, 213, 220–24, 250, 414
welcome/acceptance by community, 402–03
Woodfox, Albert, childhood and growing up
birth in New Orleans, 1
church and belief in God, 5–6
education/schools, 8, 19
girlfriends/marriage, 20
living with “Daddy,” 1–4
living with grandparents, 2–3
meeting birth father, 16
nicknamed “Fox,” 13–15, 43, 91, 163–64
parking cars hustle, 18–19
Woodfox, Albert, incarceration
April 2012 marking 40 years in CCR, 344
Angola, arrival for first time, 23, 25–38
Angola, arrival for second time, 84–85
Angola, parole, release on, 38–41
Angola, parole violation/return to, 41, 45
Angola discharge first time, 45–46
Angola discharge second time, 89
awaiting the day of release, xiii
battling the administration, 115–19, 121–24, 165–68
Brent Miller, accused of murder of, 99–102
Brent Miller, first trial, 126–41, 214
Brent Miller, second trial, 375–86
Brent Miller, third trial, plea deal, 397–402
creating/protecting a reputation, 26, 29, 36, 43–44, 49–50
habeas relief and release, 381–86
habeas relief, setting aside, 393–96
held at New Queens, 76–78
held at the Tombs, 58–60, 78–79, 410
held at Thibodeaux jail, 21–23
lack of evidence on charges, 52–55
moved to Amite City jail, 219, 228, 230–35, 238, 326
moved to West Feliciana jail, 140, 377–80, 395–96
Orleans Parish Prison, 41, 47, 49, 52, 56, 80–83, 97, 113, 119, 196–98, 236, 360, 376
walking out the door at Angola, 402–03
Woodfox, Albert, intervals between incarceration
arrest for Tony’s Green Room robbery, 52–55
assault and robbery to support lifestyle, 49–52
becoming a junkie, 47–49
charged as habitual offender, 54–55
charged with rape, 52–53
escape and flight to New York City, 56–58
extradition back to New Orleans, 79
Woodfox, Barbara, 20
Woodfox, Brenda, 20
Woodfox, Leroy, 16
Woodfox board, 408–09
“word” (doing what you say you will do), 179
workers’ strike (“buck”), 96, 107, 132–33, 135
Workers World
(newspaper), 263
Workers World Party, 236, 237
Wright, Richard, 170, 208
“Write for Rights” (Amnesty campaign), 347
“write-ups” (disciplinary reports), 132, 166–69, 178, 187, 190, 192, 194, 197, 252–53, 261, 307–08
yard time/yard days, 32, 34, 37, 86, 88, 92, 98, 108, 124, 154–55, 177, 183, 201–04, 253–55, 315, 317,
332, 334, 347, 349–50
Yesho, Anita, 236–37
Young Lords, 68
Young Patriots Organization, 68
Zimmerman, George, 356
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