In this explosive episode, Alabama’s Prison War unpacks the fierce debate dividing the state—should Alabama pour billions into building mega-prisons, or invest in rehabilitation, education, and restorative justice that actually reduce crime? Behind the political headlines lies a moral and financial battle shaping the future of incarceration in the Deep South.

We explore how overcrowding, staff shortages, and unconstitutional conditions have pushed Alabama’s prison system to the brink—and how technology-driven reform, from AI monitoring to virtual reality therapy and vocational training at Ingram State Technical College, offers a smarter path forward. Drawing on the Alabama Prison Reform Proposal, this episode argues that true public safety stems not from concrete walls, but from restoring lives.

🎧 Tune in for an unfiltered look at the policies, profits, and people caught in Alabama’s war over punishment and progress.

Keywords: Alabama Department of Corrections, prison reform, mega-prisons, mass incarceration, restorative justice, AI monitoring, VR therapy, rehabilitation, criminal justice reform, Ingram State Technical College.

In this transformative episode, Alabama Prison Crisis dives deep into the Four-Level Rehabilitation Plan outlined in the Alabama Prison Reform Proposal — a groundbreaking roadmap designed to replace punishment with purpose. At the heart of this plan is a simple but revolutionary idea: inmates can earn freedom through accountability, counseling, education, work, and moral restoration.

From spiritual reflection and cognitive behavioral therapy to vocational training, AI-assisted education, and restorative justice, this episode explains how the model turns Alabama’s failing prison system into a structured pathway to redemption. Each phase—Revive, Rebuild, Renew, and Reinforce—brings detainees one step closer to reintegration, proving that rehabilitation, not incarceration, is the key to public safety and lasting reform.

🎧 Join us as we explore how a humane, evidence-based system could end Alabama’s prison crisis and redefine what justice truly means.

Keywords: Alabama Department of Corrections, prison reform, rehabilitation, restorative justice, recidivism reduction, four-level plan, AI education, vocational training, cognitive behavioral therapy, faith-based reform.

Day 28 of Swift Justice’s hunger strike marks a critical and deeply concerning moment. In today’s update, listeners hear from his wife and family as they continue to ask hard-hitting questions that remain unanswered by those in authority.

Warden McKee confirmed today that Kenneth “Swift Justice” Traywick is alive, communicative, and being monitored daily. However, despite this confirmation, the family has still been unable to identify a decision-maker with the authority to address the underlying issues that led to the hunger strike or to engage in meaningful dialogue to resolve them.

Attempts to reach Commissioner John Hamm or to schedule a meeting were unsuccessful, and no alternative leadership contact was provided. Efforts to contact YesCare at Bullock Correctional Facility resulted in unanswered phone calls with no option to leave a message.

At this stage of a prolonged hunger strike, monitoring alone is not enough.

The family respectfully requests:

• Confirmation of formal medical contingency planning
• Identification of the responsible decision-makers
• A scheduled meeting between Commissioner Hamm and Mr. Traywick’s wife

This episode centers on prevention, transparency, and the urgent need for resolution. The family continues to seek answers—not just for Swift Justice, but for accountability within a system that should not require a life-threatening protest to prompt action.

In this revealing episode, Alabama’s Free Tablets, Costly Calls, we expose the hidden costs behind Alabama’s so-called “free” inmate tablet program. While promoted as a step toward digital rehabilitation and education, these tablets often serve as gateways to sky-high phone and messaging fees, turning family connection into corporate profit.

We examine how private vendors like ICSolutions and other prison tech companies profit from the poorest families, charging for apps and services that are free to the general public. Drawing from the Alabama Prison Reform Proposal, this episode explores how AI-powered monitoring, state-regulated pricing, and transparent communication systems could ensure rehabilitation tools serve people—not profits.

🎧 Tune in to uncover how technology designed to educate and connect has become another barrier to freedom—and how Alabama can fix it with fairness, accountability, and innovation.

Keywords: Alabama Department of Corrections, prison reform, ICSolutions, prison tablets, inmate communication, AI monitoring, tech justice, rehabilitation, social equity, pay-for-play.

In this eye-opening episode, Alabama’s Prison Tech Trap exposes how so-called “free” inmate education programs are often offset by hidden costs, exploitative technology fees, and inflated communication charges that trap incarcerated people and their families in cycles of debt.

We unpack how private tech companies profit from Alabama’s prison system—charging for digital tablets, phone calls, and educational access that should be free under the promise of rehabilitation. Drawing from the Alabama Prison Reform Proposal, this episode examines how AI-driven transparency, state-funded education, and vocational training through Ingram State Technical College can create a fair, effective model for rehabilitation without exploitation.

🎧 Listen as we reveal how innovation meant to uplift inmates has become a tool of profit—and how Alabama can build a system that values learning over leverage.

Day 21 of Kenneth “Swift Justice” Traywick’s hunger strike has arrived, and the Alabama Department of Corrections still refuses to provide basic medical updates, proof of life, or confirmation of monitoring — despite repeated attempts from his wife, documented press outreach, and national concern.

For three weeks, Swift has gone without food in protest of retaliation, unconstitutional conditions, blocked communication, denial of legal access, excessive force, and the silencing of incarcerated people across Alabama. His hunger strike is now at a stage considered medically life-threatening, with documented risks that include heart failure, fatal arrhythmias, organ shutdown, and refeeding syndrome. ReFeeding Syndrome - Hunger Str…

Yet ADOC’s response has been silence, obstruction, and evasion.

Across Days 4–14, ADOC repeatedly:

• Routed his wife’s calls to staff who were not on duty, or to endless ringing lines
• Provided only the words “he is alive,” refusing all further information, despite a valid medical release on file 11.25.25 Press Release Statemen…
• Withheld updates even as medical danger escalated beyond 10 and 14 days without food
• Continued to hold Swift in restrictive housing, cutting him off from mail, legal access, and communication tools — a pattern he identified as retaliation 11.27.25 Press Release Statemen…

Swift’s demands have remained lawful and consistent:

1. A direct meeting with Commissioner Hamm
2. An end to retaliation and excessive force
3. A safe transfer out of Bullock Correctional Facility
4. Removal of fabricated or retaliatory disciplinaries (Repeated across Days 4, 10, 11, 12, and 14 press releases)

This episode investigates the disappearance of information surrounding Swift’s condition, the medical emergency unfolding behind prison walls, and the broader implications for human rights and accountability in Alabama’s correctional system.

How long can ADOC remain silent? How long can a man survive under these conditions? And how long will Alabama ignore a crisis it helped create?

This is the story of Day 21 — and the fight to ensure Swift Justice is not lost to a system that refuses to speak.

In this hard-hitting episode, Alabama’s Billion-Dollar Prison Problem takes a deep dive into the state’s escalating prison crisis—where taxpayers face a $5 billion incarceration bill, yet conditions remain among the worst in the nation. From overcrowding and corruption to the plan for billion-dollar “mega-prisons,” Alabama’s approach raises a vital question: Are we funding safety—or failure?

We break down how political decisions and private contracts have fueled a profit-driven system that prioritizes construction over correction. Drawing from the Alabama Prison Reform Proposal, this episode explores data-driven alternatives—like AI-powered rehabilitation, VR therapy, restorative justice programs, and vocational training through Ingram State Technical College—that offer real solutions for reducing recidivism and rebuilding lives.

🎧 Join us as we follow the money, challenge the myths, and reveal how Alabama can spend smarter—not bigger—on justice and reform.

Keywords: Alabama Department of Corrections, prison reform, mass incarceration, billion-dollar prisons, justice reform, restorative justice, AI rehabilitation, VR therapy, taxpayer accountability, criminal justice policy.

A podcast built from the real-time recordings of a wife trying to save her husband during a hunger strike the state tried to hide. As Dr. Traywick confronts unanswered calls, blocked information, and bureaucratic stonewalling, listeners hear how Alabama’s prison system — one of the deadliest and most expensive in America — operates in total secrecy. This is a story of systemic silence, and the families forced to fill in the deadly gaps.

On Day 16 of his hunger strike inside Bullock Correctional Facility, incarcerated advocate Kenneth “Swift Justice” Traywick has stopped eating, stopped receiving updates, and—according to the Alabama Department of Corrections—has seemingly stopped existing. For sixteen days, ADOC has refused to confirm whether he is safe, conscious, or even being medically monitored. His wife has made dozens of desperate calls, only to face ringing phones, blocked access, contradictory answers, and a deliberate wall of silence.

This episode takes you inside Alabama’s prison crisis—where retaliation replaces rehabilitation, where hunger strikes are met with punishment instead of care, and where families are denied the most basic information about their loved ones. Featuring documented calls, official press releases, legal letters, and eyewitness accounts, we investigate how a man can risk his life to expose abuse while the system tries to erase him.

Why is Alabama hiding Swift Justice? What is happening behind those walls? And why does a man have to starve himself to be heard?

This is more than a hunger strike. This is a human rights emergency.

In late 2025, incarcerated organizer Kenneth “Swift Justice” Traywick entered a hunger strike inside Bullock Correctional Facility, igniting statewide concern over what he described as ongoing abuse, retaliation, and unconstitutional treatment by Alabama prison officials. For two weeks, Traywick refused food to protest the conditions at Bullock, calling for a transfer, an end to targeted harassment, and a face-to-face meeting with Commissioner John Hamm.

According to a series of press releases from Unheard Voices of the Concrete Jungle (UVOTCJ), the Alabama Department of Corrections responded not with transparency, but with punitive isolation. They placed Traywick in restrictive housing, confiscated his legal materials, removed communication devices, and allegedly threatened him with fabricated disciplinary charges. These actions deepened fears that the hunger strike was being met with retaliation instead of medical oversight.

Throughout the strike, ADOC refused to provide medical updates to Traywick’s wife, Dr. Traywick, raising alarms about his safety as his health deteriorated. In her formal letter to prison officials, she cited multiple constitutional violations – from denial of access to courts, to retaliation for protected speech, to inhumane conditions that may rise to the level of cruel and unusual punishment.

To understand the deeper roots of Traywick’s defiance, an older interview transcript offers critical context: Swift Justice has long believed that Alabama’s prison system will not change without collective resistance from inside. He has publicly argued that hunger strikes and labor strikes are not just symbolic—they are necessary pressure tactics. His stated vision goes beyond reform: he calls for “mass release,” insisting that the system is too broken to be repaired through incremental policy shifts.

Taken together, these sources paint a picture of a man willing to risk his life to expose what he sees as systemic abuse, and a Department of Corrections more focused on control than communication. Traywick’s hunger strike is not an isolated incident—it's the latest flashpoint in a prison system facing record deaths, overcrowding, federal lawsuits, and rising public scrutiny.

The story raises a question that echoes through Alabama’s prisons and beyond:

When someone resists from the inside, is the state’s response about safety—or silence?