They Collaborated on an Oscar-Nominated Film — Then Got Thrown Into Solitary

They Collaborated on an Oscar-Nominated Film — Then Got Thrown Into Solitary

This article was co-published with Solitary Watch and The Appeal. Grainy footage, filmed with contraband cell phones, forms the backbone of The Alabama Solution, a 2025 Oscar-nominated documentary that exposes the horrifying realities of life inside Alabama’s prisons. Throughout the film, shocking videos from incarcerated activists Raoul Poole, Robert Earl Council (who goes by the name Kinetik Justice), and Melvin Ray reveal how the Alabama Depa…

Prisoners Who Appeared in HBO Documentary "The Alabama Solution" Are Being Punished and Isolated

I don’t normally write about higher profile prisoners, opting instead to interview those prisoners who no one has heard of and have never accessed