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Appleseed's Callie Greer receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Crime Survivors Speak
Home Page Updates, NewsTeam Appleseed and the incredible Callie Greer were honored this week in Montgomery by Crime Survivors Speak, a network of crime survivors who create healing communities, develop leaders, and drive policies that make everyone safer. The group…

Chronicle of Philanthropy calls Appleseed "one of the South's most unexpectedly effective advocacy groups."
Home Page Updates, NewsAlabama 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…

SB254, a bill to bring fairness to parole revocations, filed in the Alabama Senate
Home Page Updates, NewsAn Appleseed-supported bill that would bring more fairness to the parole revocation process and help prevent unnecessary revocations that do not contribute to public safety has been filed in the Alabama Legislature.
SB254, sponsored by Sen.…

Another deadly year in Alabama prisons claims 202 lives
Home Page Updates, NewsBy 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…

Alabama mother fights for better quality of life for son who returned from prison with severe brain injury
Home Page Updates, NewsBy 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…
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- Alabama Prison Healthcare Faces Spiraling Costs and Grim Uncertainty. A Smarter Way Forward is Within Our Grasp. April 13, 2026
- Alabama Appleseed Applauds Agreement for a Prison Oversight Pilot Program March 12, 2026
- Thirty-two-year old Marvin Taylor was beaten inside Ventress prison. So why does his death certificate say he died of natural causes? March 11, 2026
- SB 316, Alabama’s Prison Oversight Bill, Has Been Filed. Now Let’s Get It Passed. March 1, 2026
- Appleseed’s Callie Greer receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Crime Survivors Speak February 25, 2026
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Alabama Prison Healthcare Faces Spiraling Costs and Grim Uncertainty. A Smarter Way Forward is Within Our Grasp.
Alabama prisons, Home Page UpdatesBy Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher James Jones was hurting long before YesCare, the company contracted to provide medical care for those in Alabama prisons, diagnosed him with prostate cancer. After Appleseed succeeded in getting Mr. Jones, now 78, released from prison in December 2024 and his treatments began outside of prison fences, his life and […]
Alabama Appleseed Applauds Agreement for a Prison Oversight Pilot Program
Advocacy News, Alabama prisons, Home Page UpdatesYears of relentless advocacy by families of incarcerated Alabamians has resulted in a new prison oversight pilot program to create transparency and accountability at the Alabama Department of Corrections. Sen. Larry Stutts, R-Tuscumbia, who sponsored SB 316, the prison oversight bill, announced this development Wednesday on the Senate Floor. Stutts and Senate Pro Tem, Garlan […]
Thirty-two-year old Marvin Taylor was beaten inside Ventress prison. So why does his death certificate say he died of natural causes?
Alabama prisons, Home Page Updates