MONTGOMERY, Alabama --- Alabama state prisoners are not allowed to have cellphones, but that policy hasn't stopped some inmates from showing up on YouTube in recorded interviews talking about prison conditions and other issues.

Alabama Department of Corrections spokesman Brian Corbett said the videos, posted on the YouTube channel Free Alabama Movement, are part of the

Inmates are protesting about not being paid for prison jobs, unsanitary conditions, overcrowding, sentencing and parole policies and other issues.

Corbett said disciplinary action is possible against those inmates involved in the videos because of the contraband phones.

The number of inmates refusing to work at prison jobs as part of the protest went down today, Corbett said.

At Elmore Correctional Facility, Corbett said all inmates who are assigned a job at the prison worked today. At Holman Correctional Facility, Corbett said fewer inmates refused to work today than on Monday. He said the number of inmates refusing to work at St. Clair Correctional Facility was about the same today as on Monday.

The inmates involved work in prison kitchens, laundries, maintenance and other jobs, including the license plate plant at Holman.

One of the complaints is that the inmates aren’t paid for the work. Holman said inmates have never been paid for such prison jobs.

Some inmates receive a small amount, about 35 cents to 50 cents an hour, for other jobs that are through Alabama Correctional Industries. But that is a small percentage of inmate jobs.

Corbett noted that some of the issues raised in the protests have been outside the scope of the Department of Corrections, such as parole policies, life without parole sentences and other sentencing issues.