Comeback Town is an opinion column exploring all things Birmingham. It is coordinated by David Sher. Today’s guest columnist is Allison Black Cornelius. I will never forget the sound of that door ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

An Academy Award nominated documentary painting a grim picture of conditions inside of Alabama’s prison system has left Ben Stiller still “processing“ what he watched. Stiller made the comment in an ...

Christopher Hester is hard to find. He was 20 years old when police found him, homeless in Montgomery. He lived for the next 24 years inside Alabama’s prisons. After serving his time, he’s seemingly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Oscar nomination almost feels like an afterthought, according to the directors of "The Alabama Solution." The critically ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Several Alabama legislators hope an upcoming audit of the Alabama Department of Corrections will pull back the curtain on an agency engulfed in violence and consuming an ever-larger share of the state ...

“The Alabama Solution” offers rare, unfiltered access inside Alabama’s prison system, exposing the stark human cost of mass incarceration. The Oscar‑nominated documentary confronts viewers with ...