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Thank you, Appleseed Supporters, for Fighting for a Better Alabama in 2019

By Appleseed Executive Director Carla Crowder As I wrap up a whirlwind first year as executive director of Alabama Appleseed, I could not be more excited about the work we have done and the places we are heading. This has been a banner year…

Alvin Kennard is home. Let’s create a path for others to follow.

Carla Crowder, Fair Schools, Safe Communities, News

By Carla Crowder, Appleseed Executive Director BESSEMER -- Alvin Kennard is a free man, home surrounded by family and friends after 36 years in an Alabama prison for a $50 robbery in 1983. He couldn’t stop smiling and thanking God for…

Incarcerating people as cheaply as possible created Alabama’s unconstitutional prisons. Let’s not make the same mistake again

Alabama prisons, Carla Crowder, Fair Schools, Safe Communities, News

By Carla Crowder, Executive Director A few weeks ago, a search dog working for Alabama’s Department of Corrections sadly died after exposure to contraband narcotics. ADOC leadership, including Commissioner Jefferson Dunn, gathered for…

The State of Justice Blog

Thank you, Appleseed Supporters, for Fighting for a Better Alabama in 2019

Alvin Kennard is home. Let’s create a path for others to follow.

Incarcerating people as cheaply as possible created Alabama’s unconstitutional prisons. Let’s not make the same mistake again

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Must Protect Consumers

Passage of SB30: Ensuring Greater Access to Justice for Low-Income Alabamians

Incarcerated people learn from their mistakes. The government that locks them up has not.

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