Deliberate Indifference
News & Politics Podcasts
Inside Alabama’s prisons, thousands of men live in overcrowded dormitories with minimal supervision, facing a near constant threat of violence and sexual assault. Now, if conditions don’t improve, a federal judge could intervene. The crisis, decades in the making, is at a tipping point. Through the stories of people impacted by the system and the people in charge, Deliberate Indifference reveals how we got here - and what’s next - for Alabama’s prisons.
Location:
United States
Genres:
News & Politics Podcasts
Description:
Inside Alabama’s prisons, thousands of men live in overcrowded dormitories with minimal supervision, facing a near constant threat of violence and sexual assault. Now, if conditions don’t improve, a federal judge could intervene. The crisis, decades in the making, is at a tipping point. Through the stories of people impacted by the system and the people in charge, Deliberate Indifference reveals how we got here - and what’s next - for Alabama’s prisons.
Language:
English
Episodes
AN ALABAMA SOLUTION
6/29/2022
Episode 7 looks ahead to what's next for Alabama's prison system and the people inside.
Duration:00:46:16
THE OFFICERS
6/22/2022
Episode 6 delves into how Alabama’s prisons became dangerously understaffed, and how some correctional officers contribute to the violence.
Duration:00:40:12
MINIMALLY ADEQUATE
6/15/2022
Episode 5 explores the need for mental health care inside Alabama’s prisons, which a federal judge described as “horrendously inadequate” in a years-long lawsuit that's still unfolding.
Duration:00:45:48
THE DEVIL’S WORKSHOP
6/8/2022
Episode 4 details the daily life of men behind bars, and how religious volunteers try to bring structure to some prison dormitories.
Duration:00:36:56
HABITUAL OFFENDERS
6/1/2022
Episode 3 traces how Alabama lawmakers helped quadruple the state’s prison population within two decades, locking up more people -- for longer periods of time.
Duration:00:40:20
HABITUAL OFFENDERS
6/1/2022
Episode 3 traces how Alabama lawmakers helped quadruple the state’s prison population within two decades, locking up more people -- for longer periods of time.
Duration:00:38:18
PUNT BAMA PUNT
5/25/2022
Episode 2 recounts the bitter battle that unfolded almost 50 years ago, when a federal judge ordered sweeping changes to Alabama’s prison system, shaped by decades of racism and forced labor.
Duration:00:31:54
AN ALABAMA PROBLEM
5/18/2022
Episode 1 unravels the rampant violence through the story of one man murdered in an Alabama prison, months after justice officials put the state on notice.
Duration:00:32:35
THE TRAILER
4/28/2022
Deliberate Indifference is a new limited-run series from WBHM that tells the story of how Alabama’s prisons became among the most violent in the nation. New episodes every Wednesday, starting May 18.
Duration:00:03:06