


Why this report?
NewsAs victim’s rights week draws to a close, we would like to share a bit more about why we published Afterward, who we are, and what we hope will come next.
By Leah Nelson, Research Director
Alabama Appleseed has built a reputation…

¡HICA!: “They know that we’re scared to call the police.”
Leah NelsonBy Leah Nelson, Research Director from the Appleseed report Afterward
On a rainy Thursday in early March, Alabama Appleseed sat down in the offices of the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama (¡HICA!) with 11 women who were victims…

Summer's Story
Leah NelsonBy Leah Nelson, Research Director from the Appleseed report Afterward
Summer Sturdivant, an activist and pastry chef from Selma, Ala., watched her little brother die. He lay in the street while the police captured the man who shot him.…

Four Years After the U.S. Department of Justice Warning, Alabama's Prisons Have Only Gotten Worse
Alabama prisons, Carla Crowder, Eddie BurkhalterState leaders promised to find an Alabama Solution to the “deeply humiliating” federal findings. But 698 incarcerated people have since died in state prisons, a new $1 billion prison will not open until 2026, and the federal trial is scheduled…

Leaving prison and finding joy at age 88
Alabama prisons, Carla CrowderJohn Coleman served 34 years for offenses involving no physical injury under Alabama’s Habitual Felony Offender Act. Now he’s free and experiencing kindness for the first time in way too long.
By Carla Crowder, Executive Director
“I’m…
Latest News
- The toll on Alabama families of uncontrolled violence in Alabama Department of Corrections’ prisons September 21, 2023
- Fighting for parole for a son who is fighting for his life September 11, 2023
- There was a gun in a maximum security prison. Incarcerated people say it was left to them to secure the area. August 24, 2023
- Appleseed Welcomes Elliot Spillers as our Advocacy Director August 17, 2023
- Cruel and Unusual: Life without parole, with cancer August 4, 2023
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The toll on Alabama families of uncontrolled violence in Alabama Department of Corrections’ prisons
Eddie Burkhalter“My daughter has nightmares and wakes up screaming and crying because all she sees is her dad being beaten and strangled and screaming for help.” – Christy Martin, who’s daughter’s father was killed in prison. This story is part of Appleseed’s series “Cruel and Unusual” focusing on the people harmed by Alabama’s overreliance on excessive […]
Fighting for parole for a son who is fighting for his life
Eddie Burkhalter, NewsAs their son recovered from multiple stab wounds and fractures suffered at Bullock Correctional Facility, Brian Rigsby’s parents had their hopes up that he just might find safety through parole. Here’s what happened instead. By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher Pamela Moser sat in front of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles in late August […]
There was a gun in a maximum security prison. Incarcerated people say it was left to them to secure the area.
Eddie BurkhalterBy Eddie Burkhalter, Researcher It’s been eleven days since Derrol Shaw walked the hallways of William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility carrying a semi-automatic pistol, and the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) has yet to publicly mention the gun or provide the public with assurances that whatever security failures led to the bizarre series of events […]