Alabama Appleseed has been featured in the prestigious Chronicle of Philanthropy! Here’s what they’re saying: “In a state dominated by a Republican supermajority and long resistant to criminal-justice reform, Alabama Appleseed has become one of the South’s most unexpectedly effective advocacy groups.” The article traces Appleseed’s leap into legal and reentry services, beginning with the […]

By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher More than six years after the State of Alabama was put on notice that its violent and dangerous prisons violate the United States Constitution, the death toll inside state prisons was nearly three times the national average. At least 202 people died inside Alabama prisons in 2025, Alabama Appleseed discovered […]

By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher William Thomas was found hanging inside his segregation cell at St. Clair Correctional Facility on Aug. 7, 2023. Although he lived, he’s still fighting to get his life back from the severe brain injury that has robbed him of his speech and mobility.  Though William eventually was released from the […]

By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher Two officers at St. Clair Correctional Facility were treated for exposure to an unidentified substance on November 29, requiring both to be given the life-saving NARCAN treatment and one of those officers to be hospitalized, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) confirmed for Appleseed.  It’s unclear from ADOC’s response what […]