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 ...
Newsday

Families describe deaths, violence in Alabama prisons as they push for change

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Chase Mathis told prison guards he was being threatened by other inmates and feared for his life. But within hours of being moved to an adjacent prison, he was dead. Mathis died ...
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In Alabama Prisons, Violence Is 'Common, Cruel, of an Unusual Nature'

One prisoner had been dead for so long that when he was discovered lying face down, his face was flattened. Another was tied up and tortured for two days while no one noticed. Bloody inmates screamed ...
WHNT

Dozens advocate for Alabama prison reform at public hearing

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) — A variety of issues were brought before lawmakers Wednesday at a Joint Prison Oversight Committee hearing in Montgomery. Advocates are calling for reforms inside and outside ...

Alabama can never spend enough money on a prison | BRIAN LYMAN

A corrections facility that costs $300 million than expected, and then $300 million more? Eh, not worth our attention.
WRBL

Alabama lawmakers OK plan to build prisons with virus cash

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Amid a national debate over the use of pandemic relief funds, Alabama lawmakers swiftly approved a plan Friday to tap $400 million from the American Rescue Plan to help build ...