Albert Woodfox was born on February 19, 1947 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a writer, known for Solitary, Cruel and Unusual (2017) and Channel 4 News (1982). He died on August 4, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Former member of the Black Panthers who spent 43 years in solitary confinement in the Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola).
Survived by his brothers James, Haywood, Michael Mable, and Donald Mable, and a daughter, Brenda Poole, three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and his life partner Leslie George.