“The Alabama Solution,” a documentary about Alabama’s prison system, earned an Academy Award nomination. The film, co-directed by Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman, shows conditions of Alabama prisons using footage taken by inmates on contraband cellphones. “The Alabama Solution” earned a nomination in the documentary feature category. You can stream it on HBO Max. The 98th Annual Academy Awards will air live on ABC on Sunday, March 15. Reporting by Ben Flanagan Read more with article linked

"They don't want the public to see the conditions in here." In HBO Original Documentary #AlabamaSolution, inmates risk their lives to show what's really happening inside Alabama's prison system. Now streaming on HBO Max. | HBO Documentary Films

The Governor Kay Ivey Correctional Complex will be Alabama’s first new prison since the 1990s and will include facilities for medical and mental health care and for vocational education. This new 4,000-bed men’s prison in Elmore County is currently under construction and is expected to be completed Oct. 15 2026. The state is making plans for a second 4,000-bed prison in Escambia County next to the almost century-old Fountain Correctional Facility near Atmore. Plans to build the new prisons were