the alabama solution

Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in America’s deadliest prison system.

Presented by the Oregon Justice Resource Center in partnership with Partnership for Safety and Justice.

Monday, January 19 | Martin Luther King jr. Day

Clinton Street Theater | 2522 SE Clinton St., Portland, OR 97202

4 pm | Screening and discussion

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About the film

The Alabama Solution takes viewers inside one of America’s deadliest prisons. Using firsthand footage secretly recorded on cell phones, the film exposes conditions in Alabama’s Department of Corrections: overcrowding, abuse, forced labor, corruption, and cover-ups. At its center is the 2019 killing of Steven Davis at Donaldson Correctional Facility, a tragedy that became a symbol of a broader crisis. Through this story, we meet incarcerated leaders like Robert Earl Council (Kinetik Justice) and Melvin Ray, who organized resistance and risked severe retaliation for telling the truth. The film is directed by Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman, in partnership with HBO Documentary Films.

Our screening

The Oregon Justice Resource Center presents a Martin Luther King Jr. Day screening of The Alabama Solution in partnership with Partnership for Safety and Justice to bring together our community as well as people who are new to the issue of mass incarceration to learn more about the brutal conditions of the prison system in Alabama and how they relate to what Oregonians are experiencing in state prisons here. Together, we will discover the work being done by currently and formerly incarcerated people, families, attorneys, advocates, and allies in Alabama and Oregon to change the harsh realities of prison life and bring justice to people inside and their families.

Our panel

After the screening of The Alabama Solution, we will have a panel discussion about the film and about conditions in Oregon state prisons.