Guest Opinion by Amanda Pusczek
Alabama’s prison system isn’t just broken; it’s failing in ways that should alarm every voter, regardless of party. Overcrowding, violence, understaffing, and neglect have become the status quo. Correctional officers work in a state of constant fear. Families wait for loved ones who return more damaged than when they went in – if they return at all.
And yet, the state’s answer remains the same: build bigger prisons…