Oscar Documentary Hopefuls Examine America’s Corrupt Prison System, the Israel-Hamas War, the Importance of Investigative Reporting in a Democracy and More

The race for the documentary feature Academy Award spotlights quality filmmaking, but also requires a whole lot of money and ...

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Alabama Solution’ on HBO Max, an Essential Documentary About Civil Rights Abuses in Alabama’s Prison System

An opening title card warns us that some of the images in The Alabama Solution may be disturbing. It opens during a PR event for Alabama’s Easterling Correctional Facility, where musicians perform for ...

Inmates’ families hope documentary brings end to ‘horrific conditions’ inside Alabama’s violent prisons

A Montgomery pastor who ministers in Alabama prisons told state lawmakers Wednesday that he sees incarcerated men who are ...
The State

Turning Point: New documentary follows SC nonprofit’s mission helping men leaving prison

Patrick Spigner has been working the Turn 90 program for about a month after being incarcerated for 12 years and nine months. He says the program is invaluable integrate back into society. Turn 90 ...
Kearney Hub

Former KHS athlete premiering prison fighting documentary on Showtime

Former Kearney High School football and track athlete and Kansas Jayhawk track and football player Micah Brown will have his documentary, "Prison Fighters: Five Rounds to Freedom," premier on Showtime ...
Houston Press

Houston-Based Prison Radio Show Documentary Debuts June 3 at Fifth Ward’s DeLUXE Theater

The Prison Show documentary will be screened June 2 at the DeLUXE Theater in Houston. Credit: Screenshot “You remember the pain. You remember solitary confinement. You remember picking cotton in ...
KTLA

Alex Murdaugh loses prison phone privileges after lawyer records phone call for documentary

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh has lost his phone privileges and his prison tablet computer after his lawyer recorded him reading his journal entries on a call for a ...