The Alabama Solution - Comments & Tips

Black men have came up. They’re now allowing black men to assault, beat and kill white men. In the eighties and nineties, it was crack cocaine; today, it’s guns. Everything bad starts from the top, the same thang they're doing in prison they are doing in the streets.

"An Alabama problem deserves an Alabama solution." I just had take one side step from watching horror movies this month to check out the Alabama Solution and damn, this was a tough watch. In my line of work we sometimes get "loaned out" to help out in prisons over here in the Netherlands. And I have seen every single one of them and no, they don't even compare to the shit I saw in this harrowing documentary. How the hell is this shit possible? I get that you can be understaffed. But having the prisons be overcrowded at the same time? And have your staff being so abusive, corrupted and taking advantage of their position? Beating people to death? Yes, people. Not prisoners or criminals. And even getting promoted? The American Department of Justice must clean-out the whole system over there. I was also shocked by the fact that almost nobody has a chance on parole. Those people in jail over there don't even have a light at there end of the tunnel to give them hope. Horrible. The Alabama Solution is worth a watch but be prepared it is shocking.

The USA is hell. I can't add more to it.

Engaging documentary about abuse of power, highlighting the systemic problems and human rights abuses. If you don't leave this doc infuriated, I'm not sure what it would take to trigger a reaction. 2025 (98th) Academy Award nominations: Best Animated Feature

I like this. It was difficult to watch with the way it was filmed, btu the message was really intense.

"The Alabama Solution" is one of the obligatory prison films at the Oscars. But as long as the disastrous conditions in the US penitentiary system do not improve, there will be enough material for new films of this kind every year. This documentary deals specifically with the inhumane, indeed criminal, treatment of prisoners in Alabama. And the main stylistic device, besides the usual talking head sequences, is footage shot by the inmates themselves. The film gets its message across clearly, and one can only hope that those responsible will see it and come up with better ideas than “more prisons” to tackle the problem in the future.