What Andrew Jarecki has said about Alabama Department of Corrections

Jarecki says Alabama's attorney general has presided over a system in which 1,500 people died since filming began.

“this is a guy who's presided over a system that's killed, that's led to the deaths of 1,500 people just since we started making the film”

The Joe Rogan Experience: #2475 - Andrew Jarecki (Mar 27, 2026) · Listen from 2:27

Jarecki claims the Alabama Department of Corrections is simultaneously the state's largest law enforcement agency and its biggest drug-dealing operation.

“the Alabama Department of Corrections is the largest law enforcement agency in the state of Alabama. And it's also the biggest drug dealing operation”

The Joe Rogan Experience: #2475 - Andrew Jarecki (Mar 27, 2026) · Listen from 6:03

Jarecki says overdose death is statistically more likely inside Alabama prisons than on the street.

“you're much more likely to die of an overdose inside the prison than you are out on the street in Alabama”

The Joe Rogan Experience: #2475 - Andrew Jarecki (Mar 27, 2026) · Listen from 6:26

Jarecki says the officer who killed Steven Davis remains employed and has been promoted twice despite appearing in the documentary.

“He's been promoted twice, and now he's up for another promotion”

The Joe Rogan Experience: #2475 - Andrew Jarecki (Mar 27, 2026) · Listen from 20:14

Jarecki says Alabama's prison construction costs ballooned from a $900 million three-prison plan to $1.3 billion for the first prison alone.

“the governor announced that it was going to cost $900 million to build three new prisons. So far, they've broken ground and are far along on the first prison, and it's up to $1.3 billion”

The Joe Rogan Experience: #2475 - Andrew Jarecki (Mar 27, 2026) · Listen from 30:22