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Fighting for parole for a son who is fighting for his life

As their son recovered from multiple stab wounds and fractures suffered at Bullock Correctional Facility, Brian Rigsby’s parents had their hopes up that he just might find safety through parole. Here’s what happened instead. By Eddie…

How an idea becomes a bill becomes a law: Looking back at the campaign to curb debt-based drivers license suspensions in Alabama

Leah Nelson

By Leah Nelson, Research Director When Teon Smith and I got to talking at a June 2018 event for people who needed legal assistance, I think it’s fair to say that neither of us expected we were making an acquaintance that would change…

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As victim’s rights week draws to a close, we would like to share a bit more about why we published Afterward, who we are, and what we hope will come next. By Leah Nelson, Research Director Alabama Appleseed has built a reputation…

¡HICA!: “They know that we’re scared to call the police.”

Leah Nelson

By Leah Nelson, Research Director from the Appleseed report Afterward On a rainy Thursday in early March, Alabama Appleseed sat down in the offices of the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama (¡HICA!) with 11 women who were victims…

Summer's Story

Leah Nelson

By Leah Nelson, Research Director from the Appleseed report Afterward Summer Sturdivant, an activist and pastry chef from Selma, Ala., watched her little brother die. He lay in the street while the police captured the man who shot him.…

Four Years After the U.S. Department of Justice Warning, Alabama's Prisons Have Only Gotten Worse

Alabama prisons, Carla Crowder, Eddie Burkhalter

State leaders promised to find an Alabama Solution to the “deeply humiliating” federal findings. But 698 incarcerated people have since died in state prisons, a new $1 billion prison will not open until 2026, and the federal trial is scheduled…

Appleseed Research and Updates

Fighting for parole for a son who is fighting for his life

How an idea becomes a bill becomes a law: Looking back at the campaign to curb debt-based drivers license suspensions in Alabama

Why this report?

¡HICA!: “They know that we’re scared to call the police.”

Summer's Story

Four Years After the U.S. Department of Justice Warning, Alabama's Prisons Have Only Gotten Worse

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