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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
Indictments of our dehumanizing prison system don’t get much more conscience-piercing than what’s revealed in “The Alabama Solution,” a shattering documentary from Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman ...
The Alabama Solution (now streaming on HBO Max) is a documentary primed to make a difference. After a decade working on the film, directors Andrew Jarecki (whose filmography includes hard-hitting docs ...
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 ...
Three incarcerated men who feature prominently in the Oscar-nominated documentary The Alabama Solution have been moved into solitary confinement without explanation, according to filmmakers Andrew ...
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