Wilbert Rideau Speaks on Life Out of Prison After 44 Years [AUDIO]

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Wilbert Rideau was sent to Louisiana’s notorious Angola prison in 1961, at the age of 19, for killing a bank-teller hostage after a botched robbery. After 44 years and multiple retrials, he was released on Jan. 15, 2005. He speaks with NPR about his life in prison and life in the real world after his 44 years behind bars.
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Wilbert Rideau Speaks on Life Out of Prison After 44 Years [AUDIO]
Rideau wrote about what was then called "the bloodiest prison in the nation" for more than 25 years, including an article on sexual violence that received the George Polk Award.

NPR – ‘Doing Time, And Doing Good, In La.’s Angola Prison’

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