Ronnie Peoples is free! Sentenced to life without parole for offenses with no physical injury, Mr. Peoples was respected and beloved at St. Clair prison. But it took a cancer diagnosis for him to be released.
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By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Research
Ronnie Peoples stood alongside Bradley Black in St. Clair Correctional Facility and the two men hugged before Mr. Peoples walked outside as a free man for the first time in 33 years.
Mr.…
Happy 25th Anniversary Alabama Appleseed!
Carla Crowder
This year, Appleseed’s annual Celebrate Justice event looked back on 25 years of advocacy for marginalized and vulnerable Alabamians. We celebrated alongside longtime supporters, founding board members, elected officials, retired staff,…
Welcome Summer Intern Katia Apedoh
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“Alabama Appleseed is a natural bridge between the diversity, equity, and inclusion work that I have done in high school and what I plan to do in college. I am so grateful to Appleseed for the opportunity to learn about the problems that…
Welcome Summer Intern London Breedlove
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My name is London Breedlove and I am so excited for the opportunity I have been given to intern with Alabama Appleseed this summer! A Mississippi native, I was brought to Alabama on a tennis scholarship at the University of Montevallo.…
Welcome Legal Extern Tayler Walton
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My name is Tayler Walton and I have the absolute privilege of working for Alabama Appleseed this summer as their legal intern. I am a rising 3L at Cumberland School of Law and I could not be more ecstatic to be working for an…
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- Welcome Legal Extern Joe Manasco January 17, 2025
- Death toll inside Alabama prisons reaches 277 in 2024 January 13, 2025
- Incarcerated man hospitalized after “use of force” by ADOC sergeant at St. Clair prison January 2, 2025
- Appleseed is hiring an Executive Assistant! December 19, 2024
- “I’ll Meet You at the Corner of Hope and Trust.” Reflections working with the Aspen Institute’s Community Advisory Group December 13, 2024
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Welcome Legal Extern Joe Manasco
Intern, NewsMy name is Joe Manasco. I will be an extern this semester at Alabama Appleseed, assisting with legal research. I am a proud Alabamian (I call both Huntsville and Jasper my hometowns) and a 2L at Georgetown Law. Growing up, I didn’t have many opportunities to travel— so Alabama was all I knew. Despite having […]
Death toll inside Alabama prisons reaches 277 in 2024
Alabama prisons, Author, Eddie Burkhalter, NewsBy Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher There were 277 deaths in Alabama prisons in 2024, a slight decline from the record high 325 from the previous year, but the state’s prison deaths remain more than four times the national average. Appleseed obtained last year’s death count through a records request to the Alabama Department of […]
Incarcerated man hospitalized after “use of force” by ADOC sergeant at St. Clair prison
Author, Eddie Burkhalter, Habitual Felony Offender Act, NewsBy Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher Days before the close of 2024, a 53-year-old incarcerated man at St. Clair Correctional Facility was beaten by an officer, requiring hospitalization, according to sources, who tell Appleseed the man was handcuffed when beaten. That officer, whom those sources identify as Sergeant Jajuan Howard, has been placed on a “noncontact […]