The Alabama Solution
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Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in one of America’s deadliest prison systems.
Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in one of America’s deadliest prison systems.
The Alabama Solution, directed by Andrew Jarecki (The Jinx) and Charlotte Kaufman, reports on the inhumane living conditions, forced labor and rampant officer violence against the state’s incarcerated population, as told by inmates who served as confidential, covert sources.“The Alabama Solution is a culmination of 50 years of work” from incarcerated activists, Council told the audience directly, as he surprise-called from the Limestone correctional facility.
“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, the movie is a scalding portrait of life on the inside that exerts a grip worthy of a thriller. It’s an investigative documentary, filmed over five years, much of it in and around the Easterling Correctional Facility in Southeast Alabama, that doesn’t merely show us the chronic abuse of prisoners.
