John Serba is a freelance writer and film critic based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

All eyes on the state of Alabama after a light has been shined on issues regarding the treatment of inmates in state prisons.

One prisoner had been dead for so long that when he was discovered lying face down, his face was flattened. Another was tied up and tortured for two days while no one noticed. Bloody inmates screamed ...

The Alabama Sentencing Commission said Friday that Alabama’s already overcrowded prisons could see inmate populations rise by nearly a third by 2030 due to new punitive laws passed by the Legislature.