Wilbert Rideau was editor of * The Angolite,a prison newsmagazine that during his tenure was nominated seven times for a National Magazine Award. While in prison, he was a correspondent for NPR's Fresh Air;coproduced and narrated a radio documentary, "Tossing Away the Keys," for NPR's All ...

Wilbert Rideau was editor of * The Angolite,a prison newsmagazine that during his tenure was nominated seven times for a National Magazine Award. While in prison, he was a correspondent for NPR's Fresh Air;coproduced and narrated a radio documentary, "Tossing Away the Keys," for NPR's All Things Considered ; served as correspondent for "In for Life" for ABC-TV's Day One"; and codirected the Academy Award-nominated film * The Farm: Angola, USA. He is the recipient of a George Polk Award and an American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award, among others. He was awarded a Soros Justice Fellowship in 2007 and works as a consultant with the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel Project. He lives in Louisiana.

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