Former WBRC anchor works as producer on HBO documentary about Alabama’s prison system

Former WBRC anchor Beth Shelburne worked as a producer on a new HBO documentary examining the serious problems within Alabama ...
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‘Blood on your hands’: Families protest Alabama prison conditions after inmate's death

Video above: HBO documentary claims to expose what really happens in Alabama prisons Chase Mathis told prison guards he was being threatened by other inmates and feared for his life. But within hours ...
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Alabama’s prison population could grow to staggering level by 2030

The Alabama Sentencing Commission said Friday that Alabama’s already overcrowded prisons could see inmate populations rise by nearly a third by 2030 due to new punitive laws passed by the Legislature.
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'Alabama Solution' directors keep focus on prison reform

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8 (UPI) --Directors Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman say investigating the Alabama prison system in their documentary The Alabama Solution, premiering Friday at 9 p.m. EDT on HBO ...