Three Alabama prison inmates featured in an Oscar-nominated documentary have filed a federal lawsuit alleging their abrupt transfer to isolated cells last month violated their First Amendment rights.

When the Alabama Legislature approved the construction of two new men’s prisons in 2021, it also committed to shuttering existing ones. HB 4, sponsored by Rep. Steve Clouse, R-Ozark, outlined ...

The American flag flying at Holman Correctional Facility on Oct. 22, 2019. The Alabama Sentencing Commission estimates that the state prison population could reach up to 28,000 inmates by 2030, due to ...

"The Alabama Solution" chronicles the state’s maximum-security lockups using footage from inside prison walls taken by ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alabama's House Judiciary Committee approved a bill enabling postpartum incarcerated women to defer sentences for up to a ...

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.

An Oscar-nominated movie about Alabama prisons is shining a spotlight on concerns surrounding Oklahoma prisons.