For 40 years, Janine Phillips Africa had a technique for coping with being cooped up in a prison cell for a crime she says she did not commit. The pair were the last of four women in the group either to be paroled or to die behind bars. Along with their peers, the women lived in a communal house in Philadelphia under group founder John Africa, AKA Vincent Leaphart. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Janine Phillips Africa, whom the Guardian corresponded with from her prison cell. Janine and Janet Africa are likely to return to live in Philadelphia.

Source: The Guardian May 25, 2019 15:50 UTC