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There are some human experiences which most of us find it very hard to get our heads around. In 2019, Stephen Sackur spoke to Albert Woodfox, who experienced the unimaginable torment of more than four decades in solitary confinement, in a tiny cell in one of America鈥檚 most notorious prisons. He was the victim of ingrained racism and brutality inside America鈥檚 system of criminal justice. He was released from prison in 2016 and reflected on the meaning of freedom after everything he鈥檇 been through.

This is another chance to listen to the interview with Albert Woodfox after his recent death.

(Photo: Albert Woodfox, a former member of the Black Panthers, who was put in solitary confinement at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Credit: Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images)