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 ...

Several Alabama legislators hope an upcoming audit of the Alabama Department of Corrections will pull back the curtain on 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.

The company that provides health care for Alabama prisoners has lost a billion-dollar contract with the state, just days ...

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 ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — 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 ...

John Q. Hamm, the Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner, is hanging up his badge after more than 40 years in law ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — The Free Alabama Movement is calling for a shutdown, or an inmate work strike, on Feb. 8, 2026. It’s all a part of an effort to change the prison conditions witnessed in the ...

ELMORE, Ala.(AP) — Family and advocates of people incarcerated in Alabama prisons on Thursday said they want to keep a public spotlight on problems in state lockups and said inmates are planning ...