


Four Years After the U.S. Department of Justice Warning, Alabama's Prisons Have Only Gotten Worse
Alabama prisons, Carla Crowder, Eddie BurkhalterState leaders promised to find an Alabama Solution to the “deeply humiliating” federal findings. But 698 incarcerated people have since died in state prisons, a new $1 billion prison will not open until 2026, and the federal trial is scheduled…

Leaving prison and finding joy at age 88
Alabama prisons, Carla CrowderJohn Coleman served 34 years for offenses involving no physical injury under Alabama’s Habitual Felony Offender Act. Now he’s free and experiencing kindness for the first time in way too long.
By Carla Crowder, Executive Director
“I’m…

So far this year, someone has died every other day in an Alabama prison.
Alabama prisons, Eddie Burkhalter, NewsBy Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher
Alabama prison deaths are again surging, after state prisons saw a record high year of deaths in 2022.
At least eight men have died in Alabama prisons this month, following 12 deaths in…

Alabama leaders promised an automated, statewide victim notification system 15 years ago. We’re still waiting for it.
Eddie Burkhalter, NewsBy Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher
Politicians across Alabama expressed concern and outrage when victims were not notified in advance of planned releases of several hundred people from Alabama Department of Corrections…

The Rescue Horses and the Bread Man of Holman
Alabama prisons, Leah Nelson, NewsIncarcerated 37 years for burglary convictions, Larry Garrett has been given a second chance at life thanks to Appleseed's legal team.
By Leah Nelson, Appleseed Research Director
The second-to-last time Larry Garrett left prison…
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“It probably just says ‘Baby Boy.’” An Odyssey Through Reentry from Prison Without Access to a Birth Certificate
Kathleen HendersonLate last year, Larry Garrett was released from Holman Correctional Facility after 38 years of incarceration. It would take more than four months, dozens of phone calls, multiple records requests, and loads of patience to secure the most basic document he needed to move on with his life – his birth certificate. Here is the […]
Why this report?
NewsAs victim’s rights week draws to a close, we would like to share a bit more about why we published Afterward, who we are, and what we hope will come next. By Leah Nelson, Research Director Alabama Appleseed has built a reputation for thoughtfully elevating issues at the intersection of poverty, racism, and mass incarceration […]
¡HICA!: “They know that we’re scared to call the police.”
Leah NelsonBy Leah Nelson, Research Director from the Appleseed report Afterward On a rainy Thursday in early March, Alabama Appleseed sat down in the offices of the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama (¡HICA!) with 11 women who were victims of violent crime. Over tacos, we asked them to take our survey and invited them to talk […]