In Alabama, prison diversion programs are funded by participants. And those payments are made at a terrible cost.
Alabama prisons, Fair Schools, Safe Communities, Fines and Fees, Leah NelsonOn Dec. 4, 2019, the Governor's Study Group on Criminal Justice Reform convened at the Alabama Statehouse to hear proposals from the public on how to address Alabama's prison crisis. Appleseed Research Director Leah Nelson was among the 20 presenters,…
Thank you, Appleseed Supporters, for Fighting for a Better Alabama in 2019
Carla Crowder, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Fair Schools, Safe CommunitiesBy Appleseed Executive Director Carla Crowder
As I wrap up a whirlwind first year as executive director of Alabama Appleseed, I could not be more excited about the work we have done and the places we are heading. This has been a banner year…
Alvin Kennard is home. Let’s create a path for others to follow.
Carla Crowder, Fair Schools, Safe Communities, NewsBy Carla Crowder, Appleseed Executive Director
BESSEMER -- Alvin Kennard is a free man, home surrounded by family and friends after 36 years in an Alabama prison for a $50 robbery in 1983.
He couldn’t stop smiling and thanking God for…
Separate and Unequal: Black homeowners of Camden endure decades in shoddy housing
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By Phillip Ensler, Appleseed Policy Counsel
CAMDEN, ALABAMA -- In 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited Wilcox County to encourage black residents to register to vote. He told them, “You are somebody.” Yet in my visits to…
Incarcerating people as cheaply as possible created Alabama’s unconstitutional prisons. Let’s not make the same mistake again
Alabama prisons, Carla Crowder, Fair Schools, Safe Communities, News
By Carla Crowder, Executive Director
A few weeks ago, a search dog working for Alabama’s Department of Corrections sadly died after exposure to contraband narcotics. ADOC leadership, including Commissioner Jefferson Dunn, gathered for…
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