ELMORE, Ala. — Family and advocates of people incarcerated in Alabama prisons on Thursday said they want to keep a public spotlight on problems in state lockups and said inmates are planning another work stoppage to protest conditions.

“For decades, incarcerated men and women in Alabama have lived in conditions that violate human rights, constitutional protection and basic dignity,” Clara Brooks, who serves as press secretary for the Free Alabama Movement, said Thursday. Her brother is incarcerated.

The families held a press conference near the construction site of Alabama’s new $1.2 billion prison in Elmore County. They said a humanitarian crisis is continuing in prisons despite years of federal investigations and attention. They are hoping to build on momentum from a recent documentar

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