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The True Story Behind HBO's 'The Alabama Solution,' Its Shocking, Oscar Buzzy Doc

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Alabama is in the throes of a prison crisis. With an incarceration rate of 898 per 100,000 people — which accounts for “prisons, jails, immigration detention, and juvenile justice facilities,” according to the Prison Policy Initiative — the state locks up a higher percentage of its population than any independent democratic country on earth. Those harrowing statistics are brought to life in HBO’s The Alabama Solution, a 2025 documentary directed…

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The True Story Behind HBO's 'The Alabama Solution,' Its Shocking, Oscar Buzzy Doc

Alabama is in the throes of a prison crisis. With an incarceration rate of 898 per 100,000 people — which accounts for “prisons, jails, immigration detention, and juvenile justice facilities,” according to the Prison Policy Initiative — the state locks up a higher percentage of its population than any independent democratic country on earth. Those harrowing statistics are brought to life in HBO’s The Alabama Solution, a 2025 documentary directed…

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Blavity News & Politics broke the news in on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
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