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For Jerry Boatwright, freedom is a hammer, a paintbrush, and a chance to take care of his family after 3 decades in prison

By Carla Crowder, Executive Director and Scott Fuqua, Staff Attorney Jerry Boatwright spent 34 years in an Alabama prison for a burglary conviction. He was supposed to die there. Instead, he’s home just in time to become the primary…

“It’s hardest on stairs.”

Eddie Burkhalter

The worsening toll of Stage 4 cancer in an Alabama prison. This is a follow up to our first story on Ronnie Peoples in Appleseed’s series “Cruel and Unusual” focusing on the people harmed by Alabama’s overreliance on excessive sentences,…

Forty years in prison for cannabis plants. Yes, we’re still doing that in Alabama.

Carla Crowder

This story is part of Appleseed’s “Cruel and Unusual” series, focusing on the people harmed by Alabama’s overreliance on excessive sentences, which trap people in deadly, dysfunctional prisons long after they have paid their debt. By…

The toll on Alabama families of uncontrolled violence in Alabama Department of Corrections’ prisons

Eddie Burkhalter

“My daughter has nightmares and wakes up screaming and crying because all she sees is her dad being beaten and strangled and screaming for help.” - Christy Martin, whose daughter’s father was killed in prison. This story is part of…

Fighting for parole for a son who is fighting for his life

Eddie Burkhalter, News

As their son recovered from multiple stab wounds and fractures suffered at Bullock Correctional Facility, Brian Rigsby’s parents had their hopes up that he just might find safety through parole. Here’s what happened instead. By Eddie…

There was a gun in a maximum security prison. Incarcerated people say it was left to them to secure the area.

Eddie Burkhalter

By Eddie Burkhalter, Researcher It’s been eleven days since Derrol Shaw walked the hallways of William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility carrying a semi-automatic pistol, and the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) has yet…

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For Jerry Boatwright, freedom is a hammer, a paintbrush, and a chance to take care of his family after 3 decades in prison

“It’s hardest on stairs.”

Forty years in prison for cannabis plants. Yes, we’re still doing that in Alabama.

The toll on Alabama families of uncontrolled violence in Alabama Department of Corrections’ prisons

Fighting for parole for a son who is fighting for his life

There was a gun in a maximum security prison. Incarcerated people say it was left to them to secure the area.

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