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Panel hosting state advocacy groups recaps major bills of 2026 Session

Advocates from across Alabama shared takeaways from the session, highlighting prison, energy and voting rights reforms alongside stronger public engagement with policymakers.
April 13, 2026

Alabama Appleseed gets NFL grant for criminal justice reform work

An Alabama nonprofit is one of six social justice organizations to have recently received a grant from the NFL’s Inspire Change initiative.  The Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice in Montgomery was selected by a joint group of NFL players and owners to receive one of the grants, which the nonprofit will use toward … Continued
January 14, 2020

Criminal justice reform advocates urge state officials to act

Dena Dickerson is worried that Alabama officials won’t make the hard decisions needed to fix the state’s broken prison system, and that the people who can help inform those decisions aren’t being listened to.  People like herself.  In 2002 at the age of 23 Dickerson was sentenced to serve 114 years in Alabama prisons, convicted … Continued
November 6, 2019

Report finds Alabamians give up daily necessities to pay off burdensome court fines, fees

Many Alabamians with court debt are sacrificing basic daily needs like food and medical care to pay down burdensome court costs, fines and fees, a new report has found. The report — released Wednesday by the Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, UAB’s Treatment Alternatives for Safer Communities and Legal Services Alabama — found … Continued
October 11, 2018

County sheriffs under fire, but the facts are a little skewed

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Recently, a lawsuit led primarily by Atlanta-based Southern Center for Human Rights and joined by Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, has garnered some provocative headlines while ignoring or distorting facts about specific county sheriffs’ use of funds provided to feed inmates held in county jails. Under current … Continued
March 7, 2018

Marsh substitute seeks to further enrich predatory lenders

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY— President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) received favorable ink recently when he introduced Senate Bill 449. The bill was touted as a reform effort for payday lending in Alabama. Advocates against predatory lending considered it a first step toward curtaining the excessive fees charged by payday and title … Continued
May 1, 2013