New Justice Department Report Shows Incarceration Has Increased in Alabama, With No Evidence of Public Safety Benefits
By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher Alabama’s incarceration rate is again on the rise, outpacing most other states, nearly four years after the federal government sued the state over unconstitutional conditions in its dangerous, understaffed prisons. Alabama had the 12th highest rate of increase in the number of people incarcerated in state prisons between 2021 and […]


