A group of inmates lined up at Easterling Correctional Facility in Clio, Alabama. A new documentary, “The Alabama Solution,” tells the story of Alabama prison conditions through videos taken by inmates within the facilities. (Courtesy HBO)
In an act reminiscent of Mamie Till’s profound gesture of defiance, Steven Davis’ mother carried a photo of her beaten son’s face with her as she searched for answers about what happened to him, with an HBO film crew shadowing her.
Davis’ brother took the photo at a hospital where Davis, a man incarcerated in Alabama’s prison system, died in 2019 after corrections officers beat him. Sandy Ray, his mother, said she’ll never get that image of his face out of her mind…