The Alabama Solution

Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in one of America’s deadliest prison systems.

Cast

Robert Earl Council

as Self

Melvin Ray

as Self

Kay Ivey

as Self (archive footage)

Reviews

Brent Marchant

When it comes to questions of crime and punishment, opinions vary widely, depending on one’s sensibilities and personal point of view, and we’re all entitled to our respective opinions. And most would probably agree that wrongdoers should indeed pay the price for their transgressions. But does that ...

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