Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm gave state lawmakers an update Wednesday on the state’s new prison, a 4,000-bed specialty care facility for men in Elmore County. Hamm told the ...

Directed by Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman and co-produced by journalist Beth Shelburne, the film follows several incarcerated men who used phones that were brought in against prison rules to ...

Family members of people incarcerated in Alabama prisons packed a Wednesday meeting of the Legislative Prison Committee and ...

The documentary 'Alabama Solution' uncovers the harsh realities of Alabama's prisons, where overcrowding and violence persist, as officials construct costly new mega-prisons.

Though Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman are the directors, inmates with smuggled phones are important collaborators. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

Prison reform activists hosted a free screening of the documentary "The Alabama Solution" — which is currently available on ...

A new HBO documentary airing Friday pulls back the curtain on one of the country's most controversial prison systems, and it doesn't hold back. "The Alabama Solution," from directors Andrew Jarecki ...