Oscar-nominated ‘Alabama Solution’ fuels push for prison reform: ‘We need help’

In a brief but emotional hearing at the Statehouse Wednesday, advocates for prison reform in Alabama applauded a legislative ...

‘Alabama Solution’ Oscar nod draws eyes of the world to deadly prison crisis: Is there an answer?

The Alabama Solution,” a smuggled cellphone chronicle of inmate deaths, sexual abuse and deplorable conditions inside what ...
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Alabama prison inmates plan work strike as advocates say ‘humanitarian crisis’ rages on

Advocates for incarcerated men and women say they are determined to keep the public spotlight on the “humanitarian crisis” depicted in the new HBO documentary about Alabama prisons. They held a press ...

Alabama lawmakers consider prison oversight amid violence, overcrowding concerns

Families, former inmates and former corrections staff packed a State House committee room to describe what they called ...

Alabama pastor preaches prison reform as documentary gains Oscar attention

An Alabama pastor is working to extend the Oscar buzz and attention from a documentary into meaningful reform behind prison walls across the state. Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow, an activist based in ...

A.G. Marshall responds to documentary highlighting abuse within Alabama prison system

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined CBS 42 Morning News to respond to a documentary highlighting the horrific conditions of the Alabama prison system. The ...