Loyola had the honor of continuing the dialogue surrounding the Angola Three by presenting a play that has been considered by state funded schools as being too controversial.
The Loyola College of Law presented the show, performed in Nunemaker Hall on Sept. 18, 19 and 20 by a Houston theatre group.
Writer and producer Parnell Herbert’s “Angola 3,” directed by Wayne DeHart, calls for prison reform through the story of a group of inmates of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly called Angola, who, dissatisfied with their living conditions, starts a chapter of the Black Panther party in 1971 in order to fight for change.
After a guard was killed, the prison staff sends three to solitary confinement for 30 years, until they are discovered and granted retrial. Robert King, played by Phil Brent, is released following his trial when the Supreme Court rules that he was subjected to an “inhumane and unconstitutional” sentence.
Since his release, King has worked for the acquittal of the two other prisoners, bringing light to the poor prison conditions in the US system.
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