Alabama prisoners strike over ‘horrendous’ conditions

Prisoners refuse to work for no pay in prison service jobs in food service, laundry and maintenance

The inmate does not want to give their name for fear of being retaliated against, but they do not hold back when it comes to describing the awful conditions that have prompted a widespread jail strike in Alabama's brutal prisons.

This is a humanitarian crisis," said the inmate currently incarcerated at Limestone correctional facility in Harvest, Alabama. They're not providing us with any adequate medical treatment [or] mental health treatment. We're not getting proper diets, we're not getting any kind of rehabilitation in these places."