By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and those representing the State of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) met in a hearing at the federal courthouse in Huntsville on Friday to hash out details before the federal government’s trial over the state’s embattled prisons for men […]
By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher Death in prison is no longer rare in Alabama. But for families of incarcerated Alabamians it is still a shock when a loved one dies. At a minimum, family members deserve basic answers about what happened. Despite years of complaints, legislative hearings, and even additional Alabama Department of Corrections staff […]
By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher Alabama’s ongoing prison crisis has been well-documented, and Alabama Appleseed has added to that work, but what would happen if we asked ourselves, what are we building next to address safety and justice? That question was central in a discussion Wednesday, the first day of two in the “Justice in […]
Let’s build a future we are proud of in Alabama. Alabama Appleseed is thrilled to host Justice and the Next 250 In Alabama, a free event launching conversations about the future of criminal justice and public safety in Alabama. Appleseed is hosting this event in partnership with Sidewalk Film and The Just Trust, as part of their Justice […]
By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed researcher The man the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) believes was responsible for the kidnapping, torture, rape and death of 22-year-old Daniel Williams inside Staton Correctional Facility in 2023 stabbed two other men this week at Holman Correctional Facility. Lamont Wilson stabbed two men at Holman on Wednesday, according to multiple […]
By Kamora Porter, Appleseed Program Assistant My name is Kamora Porter, and I am honored to be joining Alabama Appleseed as the Program Assistant for Parole and Reentry. As a recent graduate of Emory University, where I earned two degrees in Political Science & African American Studies, I am elated to begin my professional journey […]
By Eddie Burkhalter and Carla Crowder Seven years after the United States Department of Justice first documented unconstitutional levels of violence, sexual assault, and excessive force by guards fueled by extreme mismanagement, dysfunction and corruption across Alabama’s prison system for men, a new 260-page motion from the federal government reinforces what prisoners and their families […]
By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher In Alabama last year, both violent and property crime fell by a combined 7.5 percent, following a consistent trend of decreasing crime rates across the U.S., according to the Federal Bureau of Investigations crime data analyzed by Appleseed. Despite frequent public perception that crime is surging, all four violent crimes, […]
The Alabama Department of Corrections’ dysfunction continues to outdo itself– over 1,600 people have died in its custody since the Department of Justice released its damning report on conditions in 2019, violence and corruption remain rampant all the way up to prison facility administrators, and taxpayers are on the hook for billions of dollars to pay for […]
By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher The private Alabama attorney William “Bill” Lunsford, individually and in his role as an appointed state Deputy Attorney General, has been paid $48.8 million defending the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) as of Aug. 5, and millions more of our tax dollars are headed his way. That staggering number, taxpayer […]
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