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Albert Woodfox, inmate who spent decades in solitary, dies

FILE - Albert Woodfox mixes with the audience at the Ashe Cultural Arts Center in New Orleans, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. Earlier in the day, Woodfox, the last of three high-profile Louisiana prisoners known as the "Angola Three," was released from Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La. Woodfox died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, of complications from COVID-19, according to a statement from his family. He was 75. (AP Photo/Max Becherer, File) FILE - Albert Woodfox, a former Louisiana prison inmate, talks with another attendee at a news conference on a report on solitary confinement in the state at Loyola University in New Orleans, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Woodfox, who was the last of three high-profile Louisiana prisoners known as the "Angola Three" to be released, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, of complications from COVID-19, according to a statement from his family. He was 75. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill, File) FILE - Albert Woodfox smiles as he arrives on stage during his first public appearance at the Ashe Cultural Arts Center in New Orleans, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, after his release from Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., earlier in the day. Woodfox, who was the last of three high-profile Louisiana prisoners known as the "Angola Three" to be released, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, of complications from COVID-19, according to a statement from his family. He was 75. (AP Photo/Max Becherer, File) FILE - Albert Woodfox pumps his fist as he arrives on stage during his first public appearance at the Ashe Cultural Arts Center with Parnell Herbert, right, in New Orleans, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, after his release from Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., earlier in the day. Woodfox, who was the last of three high-profile Louisiana prisoners known as the "Angola Three" to be released, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, of complications from COVID-19, according to a statement from his family. He was 75. (AP Photo/Max Becherer, File)