Alabama Appleseed in the News
Senate bill named for fallen Bibb Co. Deputy cuts down ‘good time’ inmates can serve
1/24/2023 | WBRC6
Bill named for slain deputy reduces prison ‘good time’ release
1/19/2023 | Alabama Daily News
Parole denied for 90% of Alabama inmates, a new low
1/17/2023 | AP News
Incarcerated man found dead at Donaldson Correctional Facility
1/10/2023 | Alabama Political Reporter
Ivey announces rules for prison ‘good time’ incentives
1/9/2023 | AP News
Gov. Kay Ivey changes ‘good time’ policy for Alabama inmates
1/9/2023 | AL.com
Ivey details order for how ‘good time’ among prisoners can be revoked
1/9/2023 | Montgomery Advertiser
Group calls for transparency as ADOC removes inmate death statistics from monthly reports
1/4/2023 | CBS 42
People to Watch: Ronald McKeithen Helps Others Get Start After Prison
12/23/2022 | Montgomery Advertiser
60-year-old Incarcerated Man Dies at Donaldson
12/13/2022 | Alabama Political Reporter
Most of Alabama’s Problems Can Be Solved By Political Engagement
12/12/2022 | Alabama Political Reporter
Elderly Incarcerated Man Confirmed Dead at Donaldson
12/8/2022 | Alabama Political Reporter
Marijuana Decriminalization Debate Continues
11/18/2022 | Valdosta Daily Times
Report: Elderly Prisoners Put Financial Strain on ADOC
11/14/2022 | Alabama Political Reporter
New Report Shows Aging Inmate Population is Straining Prison System
11/9/2022 | Montgomery Advertiser
Experts Describe the Alabama Prison Where an Inmate Died Last Month as an Overcrowded ‘Slaughterhouse’
11/7/2022 | Insider
Society Averts Eyes from ‘Living Death Sentence’ of Prisoners in Alabama
10/15/2022 | Irish Examiner
Alabama Said Prison Strike was ‘Under Control.’ Footage Shows System in Deadly Disarray
10/6/2022 | The Marshall Project
Leaders Across Alabama Weigh-In on Biden’s Pardoning Federal Marijuana Convictions
10/6/2022 | ABC 33/40
Alabama Urged to Follow Biden on Marijuana Possession Pardon
10/6/2022 | AL.com
Alabama Prison Strike Continues
9/29/2022 | Waging Nonviolence
As Fentanyl Deaths Rise, Alabama Officials Face Vexing Question
9/25/2022 | AL.com
Class D Felony “Experiment” a Failure
9/20/2022 | Alabama Daily News
Inside Alabama’s Worse Speed Traps
9/19/2022 | AL.com
Group Announces Release of 80-Year-Old Who Spent Decades In AL Prison
9/12/2022 | Birmingham Times
Pilot Program to Aid Incarcerated Individuals Get Government ID
9/12/2022 | Alabama Political Reporter
Barfoot: Driver’s License Suspension Bill Should Come Back in 2023 Session
9/7/2022 | Alabama Daily News
“Love Without Parole” Documentary Tells Story of Alabamian Released from Prison
8/10/2022 | Alabama Political Reporter
After Uvalde, Alabama Schools Weigh Increases in SRO’s
7/31/2022 | AL.com
Alabama Takes from the Poor to Give to the Rich
7/27/2022 | New York Times
Alabama Bond Sale for Mega Prisons Falls $200 Million Short
6/30/2022 | AP
Deliberate Indifference
6/2022 | WBHM
Municipal Court Fine Reporting, Fee Revenue Cap Bills Pass Legislature
4/12/2022 | Alabama Daily News
Nothing Costs More than Having No Money
4/7/2022 | AL.com
Driver’s License Suspension Bill Awaits Decision in Final Days of Session
4/5/2022 | Alabama Daily News
UAB Eye Care Provides Services to Previously Incarcerated Men Preparing for Reentry into Society
3/28/2022 | UAB News
Parole Denials Skyrocket in Alabama
3/25/2022 | WAFF
Alabama Medical Cannabis Program Could Roll Out by Spring 2023
3/22/2022 | WIAT
Local Man Turns Life Around After Serving 37 Years in Prison
3/15/2022 | Alabama News Network
The Debt Trap: How Court Debt Widens the Racial Wealth Gap
2/15/2022 | Shelterforce
Alabama Police Department Takes The War on Marijuana to a New Level
1/28/2022 | Forbes
Bill Would End Driver License Suspensions for Traffic Fines
1/28/2022 | Alabama Daily News
Brookside Police Chief Mike Jones Resigns after AL.com Report on Traffic Trap
1/25/2022 | AL.com
Police in This Tiny Alabama Town Suck Drivers into Legal “Black Hole”
1/19/2022 | AL.com
NFL Commercial Highlights Alabama Appleseed
12/17/2021 | Alabama Political Reporter
Alabama Appleseed Featured in New NFL Commercial
12/14/2021 | Alabama Daily News
Dion Dawkins: ‘Any Group that Can Be a Voice for the People Who Don’t Have a Voice is a Good Thing’
12/6/2021 | The Undefeated
‘A Humanitarian Crisis’: Why Alabama Could Lose Control of its Dangerous Prisons
12/1/2021 | Politico
Advocates Suggest Housing Assistance for Those Leaving Prison
11/10/2021 | Alabama Daily News
Alabama Will Spend Nearly 20 Percent of its Federal COVID Relief Money to Build Human Cages
10/9/2021 | Mother Jones
Prison Bill Clears House Committee
9/29/2021 | News 4 WTVY
Ivy Defends Use of Virus Funds for Prison, Bills Advance
9/28/2021 | Associated Press
Commission on Reentry: Further Discussion Needed on Recidivism Definition
8/19/2021 | Alabama Daily News
Payday Lenders Prepare for Less Risky Post-Pandemic Borrowing
8/16/2021 | Bloomberg Law
Nonprofit Asks that Federal COVID Aid Be Used for Re-entry, Prevent Incarceration
7/22/2021 | Alabama Political Reporter
How Do You Make Them Pay? Locked Up in Alabama for Debt
7/12/2021 | AL.com
Alabama Appleseed Featured in NFL Spot
6/30/2021 | Alabama Political Reporter
How Race Shaped the South’s Punitive Approach to Justice
6/28/2021 | The Christian Science Monitor
How Alabama Organizers Blocked Gov. Ivey’s Prison Lease Plan
6/17/2021 | Facing South
Alabama’s Solution to Its Prison Problems is More Prisons
5/19/2021 | The Daily Yonder
Alabama Legislature Passes Modest Asset Forfeiture Reforms
5/18/2021 | Reason
NFL Owners, Players Renew Grants to Nine Social Justice Organizations
5/10/2021 | USA Today
Montgomery Nonprofit Alabama Appleseed Receives NFL Inspire Change Grant
5/10/2021 | Montgomery Advertiser
Incarcerated Alabama Man Nearing Release Dies After Assault
5/6/2021 | AL.com
Alabama Asset Forfeiture Bill Went from Broad Reforms to “Best We Can Do”
5/5/2021 | AL.com
CoreCivic Settles Lawsuit for $56 million, More Firms Pull Out of Prison Bid
4/20/2021 | Alabama Political Reporter
Gov. Kay Ivey Disappointed as Underwriters Pull Out of Alabama Prison Deal
4/19/2021 | AL.com
Barclays Pulls Out as Underwriter for CoreCivic’s Alabama Prison Deal
4/19/2021 | Alabama Political Reporter
Cops Caught This Amputee with $400 of Medicinal Weed-So They Took His Car and His Cash
3/16/2021 | Vice
Regions Bank Ends Deal with CoreCivic After Meeting with Activists
3/10/2021 | Montgomery Advertiser
Birmingham Man Released From Prison After 37 Years
3/3/2021 | CBS 42
Changes to Habitual Offender Law Needed
2/3/2021 | Birmingham Watch
Regions Bank Turns Its Back on CoreCivic
2/1/2021 | Forbes
Regions Bank Won’t Finance CoreCivic
1/31/2021 | Alabama Political Reporter
Report: Pandemic Further Straining Low-Income Families, Widening Racial Prosperity Gap
12/17/2020 | Alabama Daily News
Alabama Ranks 9th for Inmate Deaths
11/27/2020 | Associated Press
Disabled Iraqi Vet Imprisoned for Medical Marijuana Possession Granted Parole
10/15/2020 | AL.com
Decorated War Veteran Facing 5 Years in Prison for Pot Possession
9/11/2020 | Fox News
Inmate Video Gives Peek Inside Alabama Prison During Quarantine
8/18/2020 | AL.com
Disabled Iraq Veteran Faces Five Years in Alabama Prison for Legally Prescribed Medical Marijuana
8/3/2020 | Fox News
A Disabled Black Veteran Drove Through Alabama with Medical Marijuana, Facing 5 Years in Prison
7/14/2020 | Washington Post
Small town concerns dominate debate about Alabama’s open records law
3/10/2020 | Montgomery Advertiser
‘Chaos, confusion and corruption’: Violence persists in Alabama’s prisons despite federal investigation
3/8/2020 | USA Today
On Tuesday, Two Alabama Sheriffs Regained Power to Divert Jail Food Funds
3/5/2020 | The Appeal
High Cost of Prison Diversion Programs Leaes ‘Too Many People’ Imprisoned in Alabama
2/28/2020 | The Appeal
Study: Diversion Programs Work – When They Don’t Sabotage Participants
2/17/2020 | WBHM
Bills could improve access to diversion programs, report notes high fees and roadblocks
2/13/2020 | Alabama Political Reporter
Report calls for statewide standards of Alabama drug courts, prison alternatives
2/11/2020 | Montgomery Advertiser
The price of freedom? Report finds Alabama prison alternatives can cause poverty
2/10/2020 | AL.com
Plans for Alabama’s Deadly Prisons ‘Won’t Fix the Horrors’
1/31/2020 | The New York Times
Coalition concerned about overcrowding issues after decision to close Holman prison
1/30/2020 | WSFA
Alabama Appleseed gets NFL grant for criminal justice reform work
1/14/2020 | Alabama Political Reporter
Across America: Mass Incarceration in the Deep South
11/14/2019 | NPR
No easy, free fixes for Alabama prisons, study group told
10/3/2019 | AL.com
Report: Students with Disabilities, Minorities Arrested at Higher Rates in School
9/9/2019 | WBHM
Report: Police in Alabama schools need specialized training
9/3/2019 | AL.com
Report urges mandated training for school resource officers in Alabama
9/3/2019 | Montgomery Advertiser
Appleseed Executive Director Carla Crowder speaks with BBC about Alvin Kennard’s case and excessive sentencing in Alabama
8/31/2019 | BBC
CNN coverage of Alvin Kennard’s resentencing hearing
8/30/2019 | CNN
He stole $50 and got life…35 years later, he’s coming home.
8/29/2019 | The Washington Post
Panel will discuss Alabama marijuana law
1/22/2019 | AL.com
Alabama Appleseed selects Carla Crowder as new executive director
1/16/2019 | Alabama Political Reporter
Alabama nonprofit names new leader, begins statewide push
1/15/2019 | Birmingham Business Journal
Alabama Sheriff Used Funds for Inmates, Including Undocumented Immigrants, to Reportedly Earn $1.5 Million
12/31/2018 | Newsweek
Alabama lawmaker wants to remove 783 job barriers for felons
12/28/2018 | AL.com
Editorial: An Alabama bill that makes sense
12/28/2018 | Anniston Star
State lawmaker drafts legislation to stop misuse of jail food funds
12/24/2018 | WAAY 31
Alabama lawmaker to sponsor legislation to stop sheriffs from keeping jail food money
12/22/2018 | AL.com
Could federal criminal justice reform spur action in Alabama?
12/13/2018 | AL.com
Why can’t you see the body camera video?
11/30/2018 | WBRC
Body camera laws could be on the discussion list at the state capital
11/30/2018 | WAAY
Latest police shooting highlights Alabama’s lack of guidelines for body cams
11/30/2018 | AL.com
Jeff Sessions leaves mixed legacy as immigration hardliner, Trump punching bag
11/11/2018 | AL.com
Two counties vote to stop sheriffs keeping inmate food money
11/7/2018 | AL.com
The Crusade of Al Sharpton’s Brother
11/4/2018 | New York Magazine & ProPublica
Rent-to-own peril: Breached contract can lead to felony charge
11/4/2018 | Decatur Daily
A Tale of Two Prosecutors in Jefferson County
11/3/2018 | WBRC
Failure to Appear arrests need reform, advocates say
11/2/2018 | WSFA
Alabama sees spike in ex-felon voting registrations; advocates see room for improvement
11/2/2018 | Montgomery Advertiser
How Alabama’s Fines and Fees System Preys on the Poor
11/1/2018 | The Appeal
Alabama Voters Could Ban Sheriffs From Pocketing Tax Money Meant to Feed Inmates
10/25/2018 | Mother Jones
Most favor marijuana legalization; are politicians listening?
10/25/2018 | Decatur Daily
Marijuana legalization not a priority for Alabama candidates
10/24/2018 | AL.com
New report on marijuana highlights questions with enforcement
10/21/2018 | Alabama Daily News
‘Irrational’ Alabama marijuana laws alter lives, drain state resources, report says
10/19/2018 | Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama’s Biased, Punitive, and Expensive War on Marijuana Is Ruining Lives
10/18/2018 | Reason
Justice Collaborative working with local groups to pay bail for people in JeffCo jail
10/18/2018 | WBRC
In Alabama, black people are 4 times more likely than white people for marijuana possession
10/18/2018 | The Appeal
Alabama’s ‘war on marijuana’ topic of new report by law centers
10/18/2018 | AL.com
Study reports Alabama’s marijuana laws cost tax payers millions, unfair to African Americans
10/18/2018 | WHNT
National, local advocates urge feds to investigate Alabama sheriffs over jail food money
10/17/2018 | AL.com
Why Alabama cities need (and encourage) crime
10/17/2018 | AL.com
National, local advocates urge feds to investigate Alabama sheriffs over jail food money
10/17/2018 | AL.com
Report finds Alabamians give up daily necessities to pay off burdensome court fines, fees
10/11/2018 | Alabama Political Reporter
‘Escalating cycle’ of Alabama court fines, fees counter public safety aims, new report says
10/10/2018 | Montgomery Advertiser
Court costs drive some Alabama residents back to crime, study claims
10/10/2018 | Anniston Star
Will Alabama Sheriffs Finally Stop Diverting Jail Food Funds to their Own Wallets?
10/10/2018 | The Appeal
Policing for profit debate continues in Alabama state races
10/9/2018 | AL.com
Editorial: Sheriff’s secrecy an affront to public
8/22/2018 | Decatur Daily
Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle says police body cam footage doesn’t tell whole story
8/20/2018 | WHNT 19
Kay Ivey acts to stop sheriffs from pocketing state jail food money
8/17/2018 | Alabama Today
Morgan sheriff refuses public records request on inmate-food money
8/16/2018 | Decatur Daily
Sheriff to comply with comptroller request
7/12/2018 | The Alexander City Outlook
Orr: Statewide law needed on inmate jail food money
7/13/2018 | Decatur Daily
Ivey orders sheriffs not to pocket excess prisoner food money
7/12/2018 | Alabama Political Reporter
Alabama governor: Sheriffs shouldn’t pocket jail food money
7/11/2018 | New York Times
Alabama Moves to Limit Sheriffs From Pocketing Jail Food Money
7/11/2018 | Associated Press
Alabama Will No Longer Give Jail Food Funds To “Sheriff’s Personally”
7/11/2018 | Alabama News Network
Alabama sheriffs can still pocket jail food funds, until the legislature acts
7/11/2018 | Alabama Today
Gov. Ivey: Jail food funds can’t go into sheriffs’ pockets
7/11/2018 | ABC 33/40
Alabama Sheriff Who Pocketed $750,000 From Jail Food Budget Loses GOP Primary
6/6/2018 | Huffington Post
Police fought Alabama lawmakers over racial profiling stats, but bill to surface again next year
5/27/2018 | AL.com
Legal Services Alabama partners with Alabama Appleseed to offer legal assistance
5/24/2018 | WSFA
Court fees, restitution put people in dire straits after moving through criminal justice system researchers, lawyers say
5/18/2018 | WHNT
Alabama AG Steve Marshall says civil asset forfeiture works fine; GOP opponents disagree
5/15/2018 | AL.com
‘Not ready for that’: How Alabama Republicans thwarted marijuana decriminalization
5/13/2018 | AL.com
When sheriffs go bad, public records are the best defense
5/11/2018 | AL.com
How Alabama lawmakers swung and missed on civil asset forfeiture
5/6/2018 | AL.com
Open records and jail food funds: Where do Alabama AG candidates stand?
5/1/2018 | AL.com
Enjoying leftovers: Sheriffs feed inmates, keep extra cash
4/28/2018 | Associated Press
Statewide legislation would change jail food law
4/19/2018 | Times Daily
‘Sheriffs aren’t violating public records law’, AL Sheriffs Association responds to lawsuit
4/16/2018 | WTVM
49 Alabama sheriffs being sued over jail food money
4/13/2018 | WBRC
Alabama sheriff pocketed more than he spent on jail food
3/26/2018 | AL.com
Dietary needs unmet in some Alabama jails as concerns mount on use of sheriff food accounts
3/25/2018 | AL.com
Sheriff seeks change in feeding inmates
3/22/2018 | Times Daily
49 Alabama sheriffs hide jail food funds, flout open records law
3/21/2018 | AL.com
Alabama lawmakers won’t tackle statewide solutions to sheriff food funds
3/21/2018 | AL.com
Food money
3/20/2018 | WBRC
Civil asset forfeiture reform should be the legislature’s top priority
3/20/2018 | AL.com
Alabama legislation could stop Etowah sheriff from keeping jail food money
3/19/2018 | AL.com
OUR VIEW: Make meal money come into the light
3/18/2018 | The Cullman Times
Alabama Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Calls for Transparency
3/17/2018 | Associated Press
Alabama sheriff legally used $750K in inmate food funds to buy beach house
3/16/2018 | CBS News
Alabama sheriff pocketing $750,000 in jail-food money draws new attention to old law
3/16/2018 | Yellowhammer
Sheriff who pocketed jail food fund: ‘I don’t make the laws’
3/16/2018 | The Cullman Times
Alabama sheriff pockets $750K meant to feed inmates: It was legal
3/15/2018 | Syracuse.com
Meet the Alabama sheriff who kept hundreds of thousands in inmate food funds for personal use
3/14/2018 | Daily Kos
Alabama Sheriff Used $750,000 in Taxpayer Funds to Purchase Houses
3/13/2018 | National Review
Alabama Sheriff Allegedly Purchased Home with Money Meant to Feed Jail Inmates
3/13/2018 | Newsweek
Lawsuit Filed Against 49 Alabama Sheriffs
3/13/2018 | WCBI
Sheriffs Jail Food Controversy Moves a Step Closer To Resolution
3/6/2018 | Cullman Today
Sheriff disputes arrest report of critic
2/27/2018 | Gadsden Times
AL House, Senate Debating Marijuana Reform
2/26/2018 | Alabama Public Radio
Bill to loosen marijuana laws gets favorable report from committee
2/22/2018 | Alabama Political Reporter
Civil asset forfeiture harms innocent Alabamians like me
2/18/2018 | AL.com
Alabama sheriffs pocket tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars allocated to feed inmates
2/18/2018 | AL.com
Officials disagree on statewide jail food solution
2/18/2018 | Times Daily
The need to regulate civil asset forfeiture
2/7/2018 | AL.com
Alabama bill would reform civil asset forfeiture
2/1/2018 | Montgomery Advertiser
Civil asset forfeiture: ‘We all probably deserve some blame’ for the disgraceful practice
2/1/2018 | Yellowhammer
Despite promises to cut back, fed and state governments press asset forfeitures
1/30/2018 | Fox News
Civil Asset Forfeiture Undermines Free Enterprise and Human Dignity
1/27/2018 | American Institute for Economic Research
Bill to “ban the box” from state job applications gets favorable report in committee
1/26/2018 | Alabama Political Reporter
Alabama could rein in civil asset forfeiture
1/24/2018 | AL.com
New Alabama Bill Would Abolish Civil Forfeiture, Require Convictions To Confiscate Property
1/24/2018 | Forbes
Alabama Legislature Update: Pushing to restrict police seizures, eliminating special elections and more
1/24/2018 | Yellowhammer
Lawmakers join fight against asset seizure law
1/23/2018 | Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama Raked in $2.2 Million in Civil Asset Forfeiture in 2015
1/23/2018 | Reason
Alabama lawmakers propose ending civil asset forfeiture by police
1/23/2018 | AL.com
Franklin among 49 named in suit
1/23/2018 | The Wetumpka Herald
Human rights organizations file lawsuits against 49 Ala. sheriffs
1/23/2018 | The Greenville Advocate
Smith, 1 of 49 sheriffs sued
1/17/2018 | The Atmore Advance
Blakely not among sheriffs sued over jail food profits
1/16/2018 | Enewscourier.com
Mitchell, sued over inmate-food records, says he’s following lawyer’s advice
1/15/2018 | Decatur Daily
Sheriffs want county commissions to handle inmate meals
1/14/2018 | Times Daily
49 Alabama sheriffs are sued over refusal to say whether they pocketed leftover inmate-meal money
1/12/2018 | ABA Journal
6 North Alabama Sheriffs Named in Lawsuit over Funds for Feeding Inmates
1/11/2018 | WAAY 31
Alabama Sheriffs Filled Their Wallets by Starving Prisoners
1/10/2018 | The Daily Beast
Lawsuit seeks transparency in sheriffs’ food funds
1/10/2018 | Lagniappe
Proposed Recommendations To Alabama’s Juvenile Detention Center
1/10/2018 | AlabamaNews.Net
Groups sue, aim to learn if sheriffs profit from jail food
1/8/2018 | Associated Press
Report: Alabama juvenile crime down, same number of kids in system
12/18/2017 | Anniston Star
Legislation changes how Alabama deals with death row cases
5/26/2017 | WSFA
Ivey weighs signing bill that could shorten death-row stays
5/25/2017 | The Anniston Star
Lawmakers pass bill intended to shorten death penalty appeals
5/18/2017 | AL.com
Ala. Senate approves ‘Ban the Box’ for public employers
5/11/2017 | Montgomery Advertiser
Ending judicial override: Gov. Kay Ivey’s first signature
4/12/2017 | Alabama Political Reporter
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs bill: Judges can no longer override juries in death penalty cases
4/11/2017 | AL.com
Alabama Set To Bar Judges From Putting People To Death When Juries Won’t
4/4/2017 | The Huffington Post
Alabama Representative: “There’s nobody in our State prisons just for marijuana.”
3/20/2017 | Alabama Political Reporter
Committee meeting turns hostile after Representative accuses opponent of making “racist” comments
3/16/2017 | Alabama Political Reporter
