Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, The Angola 3″ back, 2019, in-glaze screen print (decal) on salvaged Syracuse China with pearlware glaze, 11x 11 x 1”

Paul Scott, "Scott's Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, The Angola 3" back, 2019, in-glaze screen print (decal) on salvaged Syracuse China with pearlware glaze, 11x 11 x 1"

Paul Scott, "Scott's Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, Angola 3" 2019, in-glaze screen print (decal) on salvaged Syracuse China with pearlware glaze, 11 x 11 x 1". draws reference to three Black inmates in the Louisiana State Penitentiary in the 1970s—Robert King, Herman Wallace, and Albert Woodfox—who were held in solitary confinement for the longest period in American history. It is suspected that this unethical treatment was retaliation for the inmates’ connection to the Black Panther Party. In 2001, King’s conviction was overturned and he was released. In 2013, Amnesty International called for the release of 71-year-old Wallace, who was released in October of that year and, soon after, died of liver cancer. In 2014, Woodfox’s conviction was overturned by the US Court of Appeals and he was released in 2016.