Selections from WBHM’s 7-part podcast Deliberate Indifference. The podcast traces how Alabama’s prisons became among the most dangerous correctional systems in the nation, where incarcerated men face a near constant threat of violence in overcrowded, critically understaffed facilities.
Excerpt from episode 1, “An Alabama Problem,” which introduces listeners to the Alabama prison crisis that’s been brewing for decades
Excerpt from episode 5, “Minimally Adequate,” which documents the failures of mental healthcare in Alabama’s prisons
Excerpt from episode 7, “An Alabama Solution,” which examines Alabama’s more than $1 billion plan to build two new mega-prisons