‘The Alabama Solution’ Review: Powerful New Doc From ‘The Jinx’ Duo Investigates Injustices in Alabama Prisons
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman chronicle financial mismanagement, abuses of power and general inhumanities in a system allegedly designed for rehabilitation.
'The Alabama Solution' Review: 'Jinx' Filmmakers' New Doc Is the Bloody Sunday of Inmate Rights and Prison Reform
"Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in America's deadliest prison system," reads the logline for the HBO-backed documentary "The Alabama Solution." But that does not begin to describe this powerful and extremely necessary call-to-action.
‘The Alabama Solution' Review: Andrew Jarecki's Powerful Exposé of a Prison System Where Sanctified Lawlessness Is the Law
"The Alabama Solution" is one of the most powerful exposés of the inhumanity of the American prison system I've ever seen. Directed by Andrew Jarecki ("Capturing the Friedmans," "The Jinx") and Charlotte Kaufman,
Andrew Jarecki Is Back with Jaw-Dropping Prison Exposé ‘The Alabama Solution' Out of Sundance
Charlotte Kaufman co-directs the harrowing Alabama prison doc headed for HBO and an Oscar campaign. "You say democracy dies in darkness. People die in darkness," Jarecki tells IndieWire.
‘The Alabama Solution' Directors Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman Expose Shocking Prison Conditions: "It's A Culture Of Brutality" - Sundance Studio
Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman Screenwriters: Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman, Page Marsella Logline: Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in one of America's deadliest prison systems.
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Justice Department finds Alabama illegally segregates children with physical disabilities
The DOJ found that the state must make community-based services accessible so that physically disabled children can avoid ...
Inmate deaths remain high in Alabama, highlighting urgent need for prison reform
A new HBO documentary set for release later this year exposes the violence inside Alabama prisons using leaked cellphone ...
2 Fairhope sisters convicted in conspiracy to commit murder for hire: USDOJ
Two Fairhope sisters were convicted on multiple charges in a murder-for-hire scheme, according to the United States ...
Alabama sisters convicted of plotting murder-for-hire scheme against family member
Sisters Judy Owen, 61, and Mitzy Smith, 54, of Fairhope, were found guilty by a federal jury this week on conspiracy to ...
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Former Alabama jail administrator charged with federal civil rights violation
The indictment alleges former Crenshaw County Jail administrator Christian Alexander Porter assaulted a handcuffed and ...
Trump wants federal workers in the office. How many Alabama employees work from home?
President Donald Trump signed and executive order requiring federal workers back in the office 5 days a week. How many work ...
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Justice Department says Alabama institutionalizes too many children with disabilities
MONTGOMERY — Alabama children with physical disabilities are being unnecessarily institutionalized in nursing homes, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday, warning it would file suit against ...
Former Alabama jailer indicted in federal court on charges of beating handcuffed man
A federal grand jury indicted a former jail administrator on charges of beating a handcuffed incarcerated person in an Alabama jail and then lying about it to state and federal law enforcement, the ...
Alabama men charged for Jan. 6 attack expected to be among group pardoned by President Trump
On his first day in office in his second term, President Donald Trump issued sweeping pardons to 1,500 people convicted of ...
Roy S. Johnson: Trump handcuffs Department of Justice, unleashing injustice ’until further notice’
This is an opinion column. “…until further notice.” You gotta love that phrase. On the surface, it says: Do this until I get back to you. Alas, what it says: Do this forever. The phrase was contained ...