A new HBO documentary is bringing national attention to the problems behind Alabama’s prison walls, and it was topic of discussion in the state legislature’s joint prison committee.
The Wednesday morning meeting was the first time the committee has held a public meeting since the documentary’s release.
Some people who attended the meeting wore t-shirts that called for more transparency in the Alabama Department of Corrections.
Matthew Charles, a prison reform advocate who served more than two decades behind bars on drug charges, said the documentary was hard to watch.
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