


$57 Million in Tax Dollars: Investigative Reporter Documents Disturbing Pattern of Costly Excessive Force Settlements at Alabama Department of Corrections
NewsBy Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher
Alabama taxpayers since 2020 spent $57 million for the state to defend lawsuits against prison officers and against class-action cases against the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), investigative…

Appleseed is hiring a Legal Fellow to help launch new program supporting justice-involved women
NewsJob Description: Legal Fellow - Supporting Justice-Involved Women
About Alabama Appleseed: Alabama Appleseed is a non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1999 whose mission is to confront unjust systems through research,…

Freed from prison and burdened with cancer, but finding his voice in songs
Home Page Updates, NewsJames Jones was one of the first people in the state to be sentenced to life without parole under the Habitual Felony Offender Act. He is also a music lover, a story teller, and a beloved mentor to dozens of incarcerated people. Finally released…

Survivors of Gun Violence Gather to Share Stories, Search for Solutions, and Seek Compensation
NewsBy Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher
Montgomery – Alabama Appleseed took part in the “Right to Heal: Access to Victim Compensation” event held recently at The Sanctuary at the Jubilee Center in Montgomery, where a room full…

Appleseed Welcomes Executive Assistant Keely Sutton
NewsBy Keely Sutton
My name is Keely Sutton and I am delighted to be Carla’s new Executive Assistant at Alabama Appleseed. For years I have used Appleseed’s reports and succinct summaries of important social justice issues in Alabama—mass…
Latest News
- August at St. Clair prison: a supervisor arrested on drug trafficking charges, reports of guns, two suspected drug overdose deaths, and now a young man with asthma has died and his family has no answers. August 28, 2025
- Alabama Department of Corrections: $5 billion in spending in five years August 25, 2025
- Appleseed’s latest report shows that ‘Safer prisons are within reach.’ July 20, 2025
- Appleseed Welcomes Intern MaKenzie Smith July 3, 2025
- Welcome Appleseed Intern, Wyatt Williams June 30, 2025
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