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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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Alabama mother fights for better quality of life for son who returned from prison with severe brain injury
Home Page Updates, NewsBy Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher William Thomas was found hanging inside his segregation cell at St. Clair Correctional Facility on Aug. 7, 2023. Although he lived, he’s still fighting to get his life back from the severe brain injury that has robbed him of his speech and mobility. Though William eventually was released from the […]
A prison death and rumors of wrongdoing, but no answers for a grieving widow
Eddie Burkhalter, Home Page UpdatesBy Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher Stephanie Lewis on Thursday was fighting to learn more about how her husband died at Childersburg Work Release facility in Alpine on Wednesday. No one would tell her where his body was. And there were rumors that his death was the result of excessive force by officers. Rodrequis Woods, 42, […]
Amid overdose crisis in Alabama prisons, drug exposure sidelines two corrections officers
Home Page Updates, NewsBy Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher Two officers at St. Clair Correctional Facility were treated for exposure to an unidentified substance on November 29, requiring both to be given the life-saving NARCAN treatment and one of those officers to be hospitalized, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) confirmed for Appleseed. It’s unclear from ADOC’s response what […]