In this powerful episode, Alabama’s $1.25 Billion Prison Crisis unpacks the state’s controversial plan to build two massive “mega-prisons” while ignoring decades of corruption, violence, and neglect within the Alabama Department of Corrections. With costs soaring past $1.25 billion, critics say Alabama is investing in concrete instead of people.

We explore how this billion-dollar project fails to address the true root causes of the crisis—overcrowding, understaffing, drug addiction, and mental health neglect—and spotlight the alternative path outlined in the Alabama Prison Reform Proposal. Through AI-powered rehabilitation, VR therapy, education at Ingram State Technical College, and restorative justice, this episode demonstrates how technology and compassion can achieve what construction cannot: real change.

🎧 Tune in to hear why Alabama’s future depends on reimagining justice, not rebuilding walls.

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