Russell "Maroon" Shoatz, former Black Panther and former soldier in Black Liberation Army who served nearly 50 years in prison, more than 22 years in solitary confinement
Obituaries  |  Bruce C.T. Wright

Ex-Black Panther Russell 'Maroon' Shoatz Dies At 78

Russell "Maroon" Shoatz, a former Black Liberation Army soldier former member of the Black Panthers who became a prominent and influential prison abolitionist while behind bars for more than two decades in solitary confinement during a nearly 50-year prison sentence, has died