The invite seems innocuous: Come cover the annual barbecue for incarcerated men at an Alabama state prison. But what filmmakers Andrew Jarecki (Capturing the Friedmans, The Jinx) and Charlotte Kaufman discover during that public relations event leads them down a serpentine investigative path. The pair unearths decades of horrific abuse; deplorable, inhumane conditions; shocking injustices; and numerous deaths within penitentiary walls, where media cameras are not allowed. Through the use of contraband cellphones and interviews with men on the inside and relatives and others on the outside who are demanding elusive answers, this powerful documentary graphically details a system that not only is corrupt and ineffective but also binds these men into a modern form of slavery. Edited seamlessly by Page Marsella, The Alabama Solution is a damning and disturbing indictment that looks at every facet of a broken institution, while also serving as a shout for accountability and justice.