Alabama prison system

The wife of a 72-year-old veteran who was beaten to death by a cellmate in an Alabama jail has filed a civil rights lawsuit against three deputies working at the Macon County jail. The lawsuit filed Wednesday says the officers were made aware of the assault but ignored John Reed's cries and need for medical attention.

Incarcerated men in the Alabama prison system risked their safety to feed shocking footage of their horrifying living conditions to a pair of documentary filmmakers. The result is “The Alabama Solution,” which premiered this week at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

The annual Sundance Film Festival begins Thursday in Park City, Utah. There are about 90 features premiering across the 11 days, including one surrounding the Alabama prison system, with screenings starting early in the morning through midnight.

Alabama Corrections Commissioner John Hamm say the state is making progress in increasing prison security staff, but will not meet a federal judge’s directive to add 2,000 more officers within a year. He said the state’s new $1 billion 4,000-bed prison is scheduled to be completed in 2026.

Current and former inmates of the Alabama prison system have filed a lawsuit challenging the prison labor program. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court says prisoners are forced to work for little and sometimes even no pay in jobs that benefit government entities or private companies. They called it a kind of ''modern day slavery."

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is taking control of prison litigation away from the Department of Corrections and moving it to his office. That's the latest move in a public disagreement between his office and the department.

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