


Alabama man incarcerated for minor offenses is beaten by an ADOC officer; the assault is captured on video
NewsBy Eddie Burkhalter
An Alabama correctional officer, caught on video beating an incarcerated man on a prison rooftop last week, has been placed on mandatory leave.
The violence caught on camera and shared widely on social media…

Leaving prison on a walker, in time for his 80th birthday celebration
Alabama prisons, Carla Crowder, NewsBy Carla Crowder, Executive Director
Leaning on his walker, Robert Cheeks shuffled out of Donaldson Correctional Facility and took his first breaths as a free man in 37 years. He was 79 years old.
The state of Alabama meant for…

Violence, then silence
Alabama prisons, Eddie Burkhalter, NewsFamily members of incarcerated people struggle for answers as violence and death escalate in ADOC prisons
By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher
It was five days after Jason Freeman was found lying in the yard at Ventress Correctional…

Appleseed is Hiring a Social Worker
Alabama Appleseed NewsAbout Alabama Appleseed: Alabama Appleseed is a non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1999 whose mission is to achieve justice and equity for all Alabamians. Alabama Appleseed conducts integrated culture and policy change…

“ADOC Can’t Comment on Ongoing Investigations”
Alabama prisons, Eddie Burkhalter, NewsA Record Number of Violent, Preventable Deaths in Alabama Prisons, but the Same Responses from the Alabama Department of Corrections
By Eddie Burkhalter
The rising death count inside Alabama’s prisons continues to claim the lives…
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