A new prison oversight pilot program is launching at possibly four state prisons replacing legislation that sparked emotional ...

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

Families, former inmates and former corrections staff packed a State House committee room to describe what they called ongoing violence, extortion and unsafe, overcrowded conditions inside Alabama’s ...

You can ‘keep your Oscars,’ Hollywood. Just don’t be shining your light inside Alabama’s darkest horror story. Happy Friday 13th, y’all. Here’s the AL.com story by Heather Gann under the headline: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American flag behind a chain link fence The American flag flying at Holman Correctional Facility on Oct. 22, 2019. The Alabama ...

*Director Andrew Jarecki, known for “The Jinx,” takes audiences deep into the walls of Alabama’s prisons in his latest ...

Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman also share how viewers can become even more educated about America's prison systems ...

Community members, activists and local leaders gathered at Birmingham’s historic Carver Theatre on Tuesday night, March 10, ...

An Academy Award nominated documentary painting a grim picture of conditions inside of Alabama’s prison system has left Ben Stiller still “processing“ what he watched. Stiller made the comment in an ...

“The Alabama Solution” reveals stark, rarely seen realities inside Alabama prisons and questions whether the system should ...

An Alabama House committee on Wednesday approved legislation to require the state’s public health department to inspect both ...