Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Academy Award nominated documentary painting a grim picture of conditions inside of Alabama’s prison system has left Ben ...

“The Alabama Solution,” a critically acclaimed documentary about Alabama’s prison system, earned an Academy Award nomination Thursday. The film, co-directed by Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman, ...

When Hollywood’s stars walk the red carpet for the 98 th Academy Awards tonight, one nominee will not be a love story or epic drama but the tragedy repeated daily inside Alabama’s overcrowded prisons.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Families, former inmates and former corrections staff packed a State House committee room to describe what they called ongoing violence, extortion and unsafe, overcrowded ...

Gone are the days when the latest Michael Moore exposé — Sicko or Fahrenheit 9/11 — could fill Merrill’s Roxy Cinemas. This year’s five Oscar-nominated documentaries didn’t even show up in local ...

An Alabama pastor is working to extend the Oscar buzz and attention from a documentary into meaningful reform behind prison walls across the state. Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow, an activist based in ...

ELMORE, Ala. (WSFA) - An investigation is underway after a fight inside an Alabama prison left two inmates dead, the Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed. The incident happened Thursday inside ...