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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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Want to Support Prison Reform in Alabama? Don’t Miss Celebrate Justice 2025!
Home Page Updates, NewsReady to support much needed prison reform in Alabama and enjoy a joyous, musical event featuring Grammy-winning bluesman Alvin Youngblood Hart? Of course you are! Plans for Appleseed’s annual fundraiser are in full swing. This year’s celebration centers around creating community, hope, and joy through music. This event will bring together three amazing artists to […]
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 […]