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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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Two men stabbed at Holman prison after ADOC moved assailant with decade-long history of violence and sexual assault out of segregation
Alabama prisons, Eddie Burkhalter, Home Page Updates, NewsBy Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed researcher The man the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) believes was responsible for the kidnapping, torture, rape and death of 22-year-old Daniel Williams inside Staton Correctional Facility in 2023 stabbed two other men this week at Holman Correctional Facility. Lamont Wilson stabbed two men at Holman on Wednesday, according to multiple […]
Appleseed welcomes new program assistant Kamora Porter
Home Page Updates, NewsBy Kamora Porter, Appleseed Program Assistant My name is Kamora Porter, and I am honored to be joining Alabama Appleseed as the Program Assistant for Parole and Reentry. As a recent graduate of Emory University, where I earned two degrees in Political Science & African American Studies, I am elated to begin my professional journey […]
New motion in DOJ case documents 7 years of complacency and denial following state leaders’ promises to address human rights crisis in Alabama prisons
Alabama prisons, Eddie Burkhalter, Home Page Updates, NewsBy Eddie Burkhalter and Carla Crowder Seven years after the United States Department of Justice first documented unconstitutional levels of violence, sexual assault, and excessive force by guards fueled by extreme mismanagement, dysfunction and corruption across Alabama’s prison system for men, a new 260-page motion from the federal government reinforces what prisoners and their families […]