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For over thirty-six years Herman Joshua Wallace has been in solitary confinement in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Solitary Confinement, or Closed Cell Restriction (CCR) at Angola consists of spending a minimum of 23 hours a day in a six-foot-by-nine-foot cell. In 2003 the activist/artist Jackie Sumell asked Herman a very simple question: “What kind of house does a man who has lived in a 6’ x9’ box for over thirty years dream of?” The answer to this question has manifested in a remarkable project called THE HOUSE THAT HERMAN BUILT.