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Learn, Connect, Advocate -- Appleseed’s Prison Reform Toolbox
Alabama prisons, Home Page Updates, NewsA resource for Alabamians to learn about the human rights crisis in Alabama state prisons, share their knowledge with others, and work for change
Since 2019, when the United States Department of Justice issued a 56-page report calling out unconstitutional…

Appleseed's Executive Director is inducted into Florence Walk of Honor
Home Page Updates, NewsBy Carla Crowder, Appleseed Executive Director
FLORENCE Ala., -- When I lived in Florence in the 1980s and 1990s, I was pretty average, at best.
There was one thing I did well. I shot free throws, and for three years in a row I represented…

Appleseed welcomes UA legal extern Nicholas Thoma
Home Page Updates, NewsMy name is Nicholas Thoma and I’m thrilled to be working with Alabama Appleseed this fall as a legal extern. I’m originally from Pennsylvania but have called Alabama home for the last five years since I came to the University of Alabama…

August at St. Clair prison: a supervisor arrested on drug trafficking charges, reports of guns, two suspected drug overdose deaths, and now a young man with asthma has died and his family has no answers.
Home Page Updates, NewsBy Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher
The family of a 25-year-old man with just over a year left to serve on nonviolent property crimes believes he may have died from a severe asthma attack alone in a segregation cell at St. Clair prison,…

Alabama Department of Corrections: $5 billion in spending in five years
Home Page Updates, NewsAs legislative budget hearings take place this week in Montgomery, it’s a good time to review the recent costs to Alabama taxpayers for our prison system, which consumes 25% of the state’s General Fund budget.
An Appleseed analysis…
Latest News
- James “Honkytonk” Jones rises from St. Clair prison to the stage at Appleseed’s Celebrate Justice event November 12, 2025
- Want to Support Prison Reform in Alabama? Don’t Miss Celebrate Justice 2025! October 23, 2025
- A phone, a notebook, and some spreadsheets: How Appleseed’s determined researcher tracks Alabama prison deaths, comforts grieving families and ensures their suffering is documented October 11, 2025
- After 33 years on parole, Bennie Haggins, 71, is granted a pardon October 9, 2025
- Learn, Connect, Advocate — Appleseed’s Prison Reform Toolbox October 8, 2025
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James “Honkytonk” Jones rises from St. Clair prison to the stage at Appleseed’s Celebrate Justice event
Home Page Updates, NewsJames Jones, who was once condemned to die in an Alabama prison, took the stage at the Woodlawn Theatre and sang a love song in front of a crowd of mostly strangers last Thursday night. It was Appleseed’s annual Celebrate Justice event, which brought together 200 Alabamians committed to Appleseed’s mission and eager to connect […]
Want to Support Prison Reform in Alabama? Don’t Miss Celebrate Justice 2025!
Home Page Updates, NewsReady to support much needed prison reform in Alabama and enjoy a joyous, musical event featuring Grammy-winning bluesman Alvin Youngblood Hart? Of course you are! Plans for Appleseed’s annual fundraiser are in full swing. This year’s celebration centers around creating community, hope, and joy through music. This event will bring together three amazing artists to […]
A phone, a notebook, and some spreadsheets: How Appleseed’s determined researcher tracks Alabama prison deaths, comforts grieving families and ensures their suffering is documented
Home Page Updates, NewsBy Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher Anniston, AL — There are days when I have to step away from the work as my phone rings with another desperate voice, a mother crying over a son who’s been killed or overdosed inside an Alabama prison, a sister pleading for help to save a brother being threatened. I’ve […]