'The Alabama Solution' Documentary Still Educating Audiences Before Heading to LA for Oscars Ceremony

'The Alabama Solution' documentary still educating audiences before heading to LA for Oscars ceremony

"The Alabama Solution" sheds light on the state’s prison system. It’s filmed mostly through contraband cellphones given to inmates to share their chilling day-to-day lives.

Gut-wrenching, Oscar-nominated documentary inspires bipartisan push for Alabama prison reform

Alabama is headed into an unusual week where Hollywood buzz, unlikely political alliances, and a searing prison documentary are converging to force new scrutiny of the state’s correctional system. On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing…

Op-ed | From Prison Cell to Public Forum: What Prison Censorship Teaches Us about Democracy

The Alabama Solution, an Oscar-nominated documentary about the retaliatory violence and systemic repression faced by incarcerated organizers in Alabama, was created through the collaboration of incarcerated journalists, outside journalists, and advocacy networks, and highlights the fragility of free speech and the need for vigilance in defending it.