Deliberate Indifference

About Deliberate Indifference

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.

Publisher

WBHM

Category

news · news · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Apr 2022

Latest episode

29 Jun 2022

Latest episodes

8 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Jun 2022

   AN ALABAMA SOLUTION

   Episode 7 looks ahead to what's next for Alabama's prison system and the people inside.

2. 

   22 Jun 2022

   THE OFFICERS

   Episode 6 delves into how Alabama’s prisons became dangerously understaffed, and how some correctional officers contribute to the violence.

3. 

   15 Jun 2022

   MINIMALLY ADEQUATE

   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.

4. 

   8 Jun 2022

   THE DEVIL’S WORKSHOP

   Episode 4 details the daily life of men behind bars, and how religious volunteers try to bring structure to some prison dormitories.

5. 

   1 Jun 2022

   HABITUAL OFFENDERS

   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.

6. 

   25 May 2022

   PUNT BAMA PUNT

   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.

7. 

   18 May 2022

   AN ALABAMA PROBLEM

   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.

8. 

   28 Apr 2022

   THE TRAILER

   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.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

78 ratings

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