"Punishing incarcerated people for refusing to work indeed violates the state constitution’s ban on involuntary servitude and ...

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 ...

Three inmates sued the state alleged that work conditions in Alabama’s correctional facilities violated the state constitution.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The documentary The Alabama Solution, which premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, uses video captured inside Alabama’s prisons to show violence, forced ...

Most Alabama politicians call themselves fiscal conservatives. But in Alabama, fiscal conservatism is usually performative and never consistent. We often hear boasts that Alabama balances its budgets.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Two months after a documentary took viewers inside of Alabama’s maximum-security facilities, called ‘The Alabama Solution,’ prison reform advocates are calling for an ADOC ...

Researchers at Columbia University say the use of prison labor in Hyundai’s supply chain is driving down the wages of non-incarcerated workers by as much as 14%. A new study from Columbia University’s ...

Documentaries serve as a flashlight in a dark room – casting light on subjects, people, things, that you may not be privy to. And when a documentary is done with journalistic integrity, it can be as ...

Based on a six-year investigation and contraband cellphone footage that courageous incarcerated men supplied from inside one of America’s most dangerous and dysfunctional prison systems, filmmakers ...