In this powerful episode, Alabama’s $1.25 Billion Prison Crisis unpacks the state’s controversial plan to build two massive “mega-prisons” while ignoring decades of corruption, violence, and neglect within the Alabama Department of Corrections. With costs soaring past $1.25 billion, critics say Alabama is investing in concrete instead of people.

We explore how this billion-dollar project fails to address the true root causes of the crisis—overcrowding, understaffing, drug addiction, and mental health neglect—and spotlight the alternative path outlined in the Alabama Prison Reform Proposal. Through AI-powered rehabilitation, VR therapy, education at Ingram State Technical College, and restorative justice, this episo ...