Entries by Carla Crowder

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Alabama will be the second Southern state to allow formerly incarcerated people 6 months to get back on their feet after release. Here’s why that matters – and here’s how it happened.

By: Akiesha Anderson, Alabama Appleseed Policy Director Last summer, when I traveled to Auburn to celebrate Senator Tom Whatley’s birthday, I had no idea what would be birthed as a result of that trip.  On my drive from Montgomery to Auburn, I had no plans to run into Representative Jeremy Gray after Senator Whatley’s birthday […]

April 18, 2022 /0 Comments/by

Appleseed is Hiring a Policy Associate!

About Alabama Appleseed: Alabama Appleseed is a non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1999 whose mission is to achieve justice and equity for all Alabamians. As Alabama’s only research and advocacy organization focused solely on reforming Alabama’s criminal justice system, Alabama Appleseed conducts integrated culture and policy change campaigns to confront laws and policies that […]

January 18, 2022 /0 Comments/by
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Appleseed’s 2022 legislative priorities: opportunity, safety, and common sense investments in our future

Alabama Appleseed’s priorities for the 2022 legislative session are narrowly focused on sensible reforms and investments. Our priorities reinforce what so many Alabamians are beginning to understand: as a state, we pour too much money into prisons and punishment and fail to invest in policies and services that will make us all safer and more […]

January 11, 2022 /0 Comments/by
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Support Appleseed’s Re-entry Work this Giving Tuesday

Appleseed joins the many (many!) outstanding nonprofits for the Giving Tuesday campaign on Tuesday, November 30, 2021. This global day of giving highlights the important work accomplished because of generous donors everywhere. Appleseed humbly asks for your support this day (and beyond) specifically for our re-entry work. Our legal advocacy and support for older, formerly […]

November 29, 2021 /0 Comments/by

We’re Hiring a Legal Fellow to Join Our Team Fighting for a Better Alabama

About Alabama Appleseed: Alabama Appleseed is a non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1999 whose mission is to achieve justice and equity for all Alabamians. Alabama Appleseed conducts integrated culture and policy change campaigns to confront laws and policies that harm the poor and to remedy the root causes of poverty and injustice. Its campaigns […]

November 22, 2021 /0 Comments/by
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Celebrating the freedom and birthday of another Appleseed client

We are thrilled to announce the release of another client, Joe Bennett, today – his first free world birthday in 24 years. Once sentenced to die in prison, Mr. Bennett walked out of Donaldson Correctional Facility on September 21, 2021, after a Jefferson County judge granted Appleseed’s motion for post-conviction relief and resentencing.  Staff attorney […]

November 12, 2021 /0 Comments/by

“Buildings Aren’t Killing People.” Appleseed Supports Safe Prisons. But Much More Is Required Than New Buildings.

Appleseed Executive Director Carla Crowder delivered the following remarks to the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee on September 28, 2021 in opposition to the HB 4, a bill to spend $1.2 billion dollars on two new 4,000-bed prisons.   My name is Carla Crowder. I am a lifelong Alabamian and executive director at […]

September 28, 2021 /0 Comments/by
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Marking Time, At the Crossroads of Prison Reform

By Idrissa N. Snider On September 17th, the Abroms-Engle Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA) premiered its opening of the “Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration” exhibition. The installation showcases work by incarcerated and non-incarcerated artists “concerned with state repression, erasure, and imprisonment.”  As guests perused various drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, and […]

September 23, 2021 /0 Comments/by