“Alabama's prison system is the deadliest in the nation. Fifteen inmates died by suicide there in 15 months — from December 2017 to this March. The homicide rate inside that system is six times the national average. The Justice Department has condemned these conditions. This April, the DOJ released a report on the men's section of the prisons that detailed widespread violence, sexual assault, overcrowding and understaffing. How did things get so bad? And what can be done about it?“

NPR

November 14, 2019