In a brief but emotional hearing at the Statehouse Wednesday, advocates for prison reform in Alabama applauded a legislative effort they believe represents a long overdue attempt to bring ...

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Prominent Prison Reform Advocate and Author Demands Comprehensive Accountability and Transparency NEW YORK CITY, NY, ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Oscar buzz is putting a national spotlight on Alabama’s prison system. The Academy Award nominations are out, and one documentary with deep Alabama ties is in the running for ...

An Alabama prison activist and inmate is on his third week of a hunger strike, and his nonprofit is asking the prison system to step up their monitoring. Kenneth Traywick is on day 22 of his hunger ...

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 director of a movie exposing the conditions within the Alabama prison system has invited Kay Ivey to the Academy Awards. But don’t expect to see the Alabama governor on the red carpet next week.

On the Friday, March 6, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: “The Alabama Solution” offers rare, unfiltered access inside Alabama’s prison system, exposing the stark human cost of mass incarceration.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama prison system has moved three well-known inmate activists who supported a 2022 prison strike and were featured in an Oscar-nominated documentary about the troubled ...