Former WBRC anchor Beth Shelburne worked as a producer on a new HBO documentary examining the serious problems within Alabama’s prison system, revealing that filmmakers’ research documented 1,377 people who died in state facilities during the six years of filming.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A new HBO documentary is bringing national attention to the problems behind Alabama’s prison walls, and it was topic of discussion in the state legislature’s joint prison committee. The Wednesday morning meeting was the first ...