The Free Alabama Movement (FAM) is an inmates rights group based in the United States.
[3] The Free Alabama Movement was founded at St. Clair Correctional Facility in 2013 by Robert Earl Council and Melvin Ray.
[4] FAM methods include work strikes, boycotts, protests and social media campaigns.
FAM organizers claim that shortly before the start of the strike, correctional officers at William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility moved one of FAM's key organizers into solitary confinement then released him after the end of the strike.
[9] FAM organized a statewide prison strike that commenced on September 26, 2022 and included at least five state facilities.