Alabama Prison Reform Proposal

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Alabama Prison Reform Proposal is a thought-provoking series that confronts one of the state’s most urgent crises — the broken prison system. The podcast explores how technology, education, and compassion can transform Alabama’s prisons from warehouses of despair into centers of rehabilitation and redemption. Each episode examines the human stories behind the headlines and proposes evidence-based solutions rooted in AI-driven rehabilitation, virtual reality therapy, vocational training, and restorative justice practices. From overcrowding and violence to the billion-dollar prison construction debate, this podcast challenges Alabamians to rethink incarceration and invest in people — not just prisons. 🎧 Tune in to hear real conversations, innovative ideas, and a roadmap for sustainable, humane prison reform that reflects Alabama’s values of faith, justice, and second chances.

  1. No More Lives Lost Vigils

    1D AGO · BONUS

    No More Lives Lost Vigils

    Alabama’s prison system has received billions in funding, yet families continue to report violence, neglect, medical failures, and a breakdown in accountability. In this episode, we examine the growing concerns surrounding the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC): excessive force allegations, unresolved body camera funding questions, contraband pipelines, medical neglect, communication failures, and the financial cost to taxpayers. Drawing from documented lawsuits, oversight committee meetings, and firsthand accounts from families, we analyze what systemic failure looks like — and who ultimately pays the price. Beyond the headlines, we explore the human impact: elderly inmates denied compassion, individuals with serious medical conditions left untreated, and families cut off from communication. This episode is not about outrage. It is about accountability, transparency, and reform. We break down: The legal and financial consequences of officer misconductFederal oversight history and why it mattersThe role of technology, data, and independent monitoring in reformWhy restorative justice and rehabilitation are central to public safetyIf you care about constitutional rights, fiscal responsibility, victim protection, and safer communities, this conversation matters. 🎧 Follow the podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/alabama-prison-reform-proposal/ ALPRP Apps (1) 📘 Read the full proposal: https://alprp.org/

    14 min
  2. FCC Bans Predatory Prison Phone Kickbacks

    1D AGO

    FCC Bans Predatory Prison Phone Kickbacks

    In this episode, we break down a major but widely misunderstood shift in prison communications: the FCC’s ban on predatory prison phone kickbacks. For decades, incarcerated people and their families have been charged exorbitant rates to stay connected—while states quietly collected commissions on every call. We explain what the FCC ruling actually does, what it does not do, and why families are still paying the price through hidden fees, monopolized service contracts, and broken technology. From accountability gaps to the human cost of isolation, this episode connects federal policy to real-life consequences inside Alabama’s prisons—and asks whether ending kickbacks is reform, or just the first overdue step.

    16 min
  3. Alabama’s Punishment Economy

    4D AGO

    Alabama’s Punishment Economy

    This episode examines how Alabama’s prison system has evolved into a revenue-driven enterprise—where incarceration generates profit through labor, fees, commissary, communications, and contracts, while public safety and rehabilitation take a back seat. We unpack how billions in taxpayer dollars coexist with chronic understaffing, violence, and constitutional failures, and why families often bear hidden costs for basic survival inside. Alabama’s Punishment Economy connects policy decisions at the Statehouse to lived consequences behind the walls, challenging listeners to confront who pays, who profits, and what accountability should look like when punishment becomes an economic model rather than a path to safety or redemption.

    14 min
  4. The Starve and Charge Prison Food Trap

    FEB 12

    The Starve and Charge Prison Food Trap

    This episode exposes a quiet but deadly cycle inside Alabama’s prisons: people are underfed at chow, then forced to survive by purchasing overpriced commissary—if they can afford it. When food becomes a commodity instead of a basic obligation, hunger turns into leverage, families become revenue streams, and desperation fuels violence, extortion, and illness. The Starve-and-Charge Prison Food Trap breaks down how inadequate meals, inflated commissary pricing, and lack of oversight intersect to create a system that punishes poverty, endangers lives, and shifts constitutional responsibilities onto incarcerated people and their families. This isn’t about comfort—it’s about survival, accountability, and the real cost of a broken corrections model.

    17 min
  5. Alabama Prisoners Are a Valuable Revenue Stream

    FEB 9

    Alabama Prisoners Are a Valuable Revenue Stream

    Alabama’s prison system is often framed as a public safety necessity—but what if it is also a revenue-generating machine? In this episode of the Alabama Prison Reform Proposal Podcast, we examine how incarcerated people have become a source of profit through prison labor, wage garnishment, fees, and prolonged incarceration, while meaningful rehabilitation and accountability remain underfunded or ignored. Drawing on investigative reporting, public records, and lived experience, this episode exposes how financial incentives distort parole decisions, exploit prison labor, and perpetuate a cycle that benefits institutions while harming families and communities. We discuss: How prison labor generates millions while incarcerated workers remain trappedWhy parole denial and “risk” narratives often conflict with real-world work release practicesThe hidden costs to taxpayers through lawsuits, medical neglect, and federal interventionHow profit-driven incarceration undermines rehabilitation, public safety, and human dignityThis episode is not about ideology—it is about incentives, data, and accountability. If prisons profit from people staying incarcerated, reform becomes harder, not easier. Real public safety requires transparency, rehabilitation, and systems designed to reduce harm—not monetize it. Listen. Learn. Share. Reform is not optional—it’s overdue.

    12 min
  6. Turning Alabama Prisoners Into Revenue Streams

    FEB 6

    Turning Alabama Prisoners Into Revenue Streams

    This edition exposes a hard truth: Alabama’s prison system increasingly treats incarcerated people as financial assets rather than human beings. Through work-release labor, wage deductions, and institutional incentives, profit is prioritized while violence, understaffing, and failed rehabilitation persist. The result is a system that generates revenue without accountability—at significant human and public-safety costs. ALPRP challenges this model by demanding transparency, ethical labor standards, and a shift from extraction to rehabilitation.

    17 min
  7. Statehouse Suits vs Snack Cake Murder

    FEB 2

    Statehouse Suits vs Snack Cake Murder

    In this episode, we confront the brutal disconnect between policy decisions made in Montgomery and the daily realities inside Alabama’s prisons. While lawmakers debate budgets and talking points, people are dying over basic survival—food, safety, and neglect. Statehouse Suits vs. Snack Cake Murder exposes how overcrowding, understaffing, and failed oversight turn minor deprivations into deadly outcomes, and why these aren’t “isolated incidents” but predictable results of systemic failure. This is not rhetoric. It’s accountability. And it’s a warning: what happens behind prison walls doesn’t stay there—it defines public safety, fiscal responsibility, and Alabama’s moral credibility.

    14 min
  8. When the Guards Break the Law: Corruption Inside Alabama Prisons

    JAN 29

    When the Guards Break the Law: Corruption Inside Alabama Prisons

    In this episode, we expose a side of Alabama’s prison crisis that rarely gets full public scrutiny: staff corruption and the cost of unchecked power behind prison walls. From contraband smuggling and falsified reports to excessive force, retaliation, and silence enforced through fear, we examine how a small number of corrupt actors can destabilize entire facilities—and how weak oversight allows it to continue. Drawing from documented cases, lawsuits, investigative reporting, and firsthand accounts, we break down how corruption among correctional staff fuels violence, enables gangs, undermines rehabilitation, and drives up costs for taxpayers through settlements, federal intervention, and emergency responses. We also confront the uncomfortable reality that accountability mechanisms often fail the very people they are meant to protect—incarcerated individuals, honest officers, and the public. This episode makes one thing clear: prison reform is not anti-officer—it is pro-accountability. Most correctional staff want safe, lawful workplaces. Corruption puts everyone at risk and erodes trust in the justice system as a whole. We close by discussing what real oversight looks like—from body cameras and independent investigations to data transparency and technology that protects both staff and incarcerated people. 🎧 Part of the Alabama Prison Reform Proposal podcast series—focused on truth, accountability, and safer prisons for a safer Alabama.

    12 min
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Alabama Prison Reform Proposal is a thought-provoking series that confronts one of the state’s most urgent crises — the broken prison system. The podcast explores how technology, education, and compassion can transform Alabama’s prisons from warehouses of despair into centers of rehabilitation and redemption. Each episode examines the human stories behind the headlines and proposes evidence-based solutions rooted in AI-driven rehabilitation, virtual reality therapy, vocational training, and restorative justice practices. From overcrowding and violence to the billion-dollar prison construction debate, this podcast challenges Alabamians to rethink incarceration and invest in people — not just prisons. 🎧 Tune in to hear real conversations, innovative ideas, and a roadmap for sustainable, humane prison reform that reflects Alabama’s values of faith, justice, and second chances.

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