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Appleseed’s reporting on Alabama’s prison crisis and our efforts to confront it
Appleseed’s reporting on Alabama’s prison crisis and our efforts to confront it
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A phone, a notebook, and some spreadsheets: How Appleseed’s determined researcher tracks Alabama prison deaths, comforts grieving families and ensures their suffering is documented
Home Page Updates, NewsBy Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher Anniston, AL — There are days when I have to step away from the work as my phone rings with another desperate voice, a mother crying over a son who’s been killed or overdosed inside an Alabama prison, a sister pleading for help to save a brother being threatened. I’ve […]
After 33 years on parole, Bennie Haggins, 71, is granted a pardon
Alabama prisons, Home Page Updates, NewsMr. Haggins served a decade in prison for a $29 robbery and has paid more than $15,000 in parole supervision fees since his release in 1991. By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher MONTGOMERY, AL — Bennie Haggins sat in a waiting area before his pardon hearing was set to begin on Wednesday in Montgomery and talked […]
Learn, Connect, Advocate — Appleseed’s Prison Reform Toolbox
Alabama prisons, Home Page Updates, NewsA resource for Alabamians to learn about the human rights crisis in Alabama state prisons, share their knowledge with others, and work for change Since 2019, when the United States Department of Justice issued a 56-page report calling out unconstitutional violence, death, and corruption across the entire Alabama prison system for men, Alabama Appleseed has […]