mr. woodfox by spending over years in solitary 43 confinement, and finally the very fact that mr. woodfox has already been tried twice and would otherwise face his third trial for a crime that occurred over years ago." 40 but the u.s. fifth circuit then approved woodfox's continued detention. albert woodfox was released on friday after he entered a plea of no contest to charges of manslaughter and aggravated burglary. well, joining us now in a broadcast exclusive from new orleans is albert woodfox himself giving his first , televised interview since his release on friday. also joining us is robert king, the other surviving member of the angola 3. and albert woodfox's attorneys, -- attorney billy sothern, joins , us from new orleans. we welcome you all to democracy now! albert woodfox, how does it feel to be free? >> i haven't quite figured it out yet, but it feels great. amy: well, can you talk about what happened on friday as you left the parish jail in new orleans? this was after 45 years in prison, 43 years in solitary confinement. your the longest standing prisoner in solitary

mr. woodfox is not a typical person. i mean, first of all the length of solitary that he has suffered is atypical. but he also has had tens of thousands of supporters. he has attorneys. he has had even within the extraordinarily deprived environment of solitary confinement, he has had continuing engagement with the outside world. that will help him as he adjusts to his long-delayed freedom. most prisoners in solitary don't have that, and they're released often directly from solitary to the community with absolutely no assistance to reintegrate. >> how common is solitary as a punishment in u.s. prisons? >> well, the u.s. is really an egregious outlier in this area. i'm not aware of any our country where long-term solitary confinement is such routine and normalized and integral part of the criminal justice system. on any given day there are between 80,000 and 100,000 people in solitary confinement in the united states. and while mr. woodfox's four decades is certainly extraordinary, it's not unusual for u.s. prisoners to s

mr. woodfox is out. obviously, we're also peace to the miller family." s/brackin camp/supporter :09 "there's going to be a celebration in new orleans. we're celebrating around the world. this is an international campaign. there are people that have been following this everywhere." herman wallace was also tried in the killing and a third inmate, robert king, was linked to the crime but never charged. woodfox was originally in prison on an armed a close call for a man in austrailia. a train nearly hit him. take a look at this video from a security camera at a train station. it shows the man trying to cross the tracks. one train was leaving the station, and he crossed behind it as another train was coming in. he apparently saw the oncoming train at the last second, and avoided what could have been a deadly collision. the austrailian public transport company released the video to warn people about the more than 450 near-miss cases in the past year. u-s warplanes took out an isis training camp in libya. the pentagon announced that a tunisian man described as

mr. woodfox is out. obviously, we're also happy that this case is settled finally so :09 "there's going to be a celebration in new orleans. we're celebrating around the everywhere." herman wallace was also tried in the killing and a third inmate, robert king, was linked to the crime but never charged. woodfox was originally in prison on an armed robbery conviction. a close call for a man in austrailia. a train nearly hit him. take a look at this video from a security camera at a train station. it shows the man trying to cross the tracks. one train was leaving the station, and he crossed behind it as another train was coming in. he apparently saw the oncoming train at the last second, and been a deadly collision. the austrailian public transport company released the video to warn people about the more than 450 near-miss cases in the past year. u-s warplanes took out an isis training camp in libya. the pentagon announced that a tunisian man described as a key isis operative is likely dead. the strike left