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Appleseed’s reporting on Alabama’s prison crisis and our efforts to confront it






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Alabama Appleseed Applauds Agreement for a Prison Oversight Pilot Program
Advocacy News, Alabama prisons, Home Page UpdatesYears of relentless advocacy by families of incarcerated Alabamians has resulted in a new prison oversight pilot program to create transparency and accountability at the Alabama Department of Corrections. Sen. Larry Stutts, R-Tuscumbia, who sponsored SB 316, the prison oversight bill, announced this development Wednesday on the Senate Floor. Stutts and Senate Pro Tem, Garlan […]
Thirty-two-year old Marvin Taylor was beaten inside Ventress prison. So why does his death certificate say he died of natural causes?
Alabama prisons, Home Page UpdatesSB 316, Alabama’s Prison Oversight Bill, Has Been Filed. Now Let’s Get It Passed.
Alabama prisons, Home Page Updates, NewsMore oversight, transparency, and accountability could be coming to the Alabama Department of Corrections under SB 316, filed last week by Sen. Larry Stutts, R-Tuscumbia. This bill is the result of years of investigations, litigation, and escalating prison expenditures that have failed to alleviate extreme violence, dysfunction, and the highest prison death rates in the […]