“Forget it, Jake”
The film "Chinatown" unravels the layers of ethical dilemmas and institutional corruption, revealing a world where right and wrong are blurred.
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See recent postsMany Black families carry history on our shoulders
I recently learned that I might be related to a lynching victim. Many other Black families carry this history, too.
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See recent postsI moved to Alabama to take a stand against Trump. Here’s why I stayed
To my friends and family up North, my decision to stay was even more confusing than my initial decision to leave.
Ivey visits Kilby, Tutwiler correctional facilities to re-affirm commitment to ADOC
Ivey greeted and expressed her support for correctional guards and officials.
Department of Corrections investigating two recent apparent inmate suicides
The Alabama Department of Corrections is investigating the deaths of two inmates last month and say both may have been suicides. Jamal O’Neal Jackson, 29, was found unresponsive in his cell at Holman Correctional Facility on May 15, and attempts to save his life were unsuccessful, ADOC spokeswoman Samantha Rose confirmed for APR in a … Continued
Locked in Crisis: Packed by strict sentencing laws, prisons brace for COVID-19
As the U.S. reels from an unprecedented global health emergency, many people have been sounding alarms about the magnified threat posed to people in prison. With the highest incarceration rates in the world, America’s overcrowded facilities are prime environments for a contagion like the novel coronavirus to spread. Mandatory minimum sentencing laws have played a … Continued
“He was a human being”: Family hopes son’s death at Holman prison not in vain
After a decade behind bars, all that came out of Holman prison was Antonio Bell’s body and a pair of new white Nikes, still wrapped in plastic. Before he died on Jan. 9 of a likely drug overdose, 29-year-old Antonio told his family that it’s the guards who most often smuggle drugs inside. The family … Continued
Holman prison inmate killed in December, at least 14th prison homicide in 2019.
A Montgomery man serving in Holman prison in December became the last person to be killed inside Alabama prisons after being assaulted by another inmate the day before, the Alabama Department of Corrections said in a statement Tuesday. APR confirmed that Moses Robinson, 38, died on Dec. 31 from injuries he received at the prison … Continued
Equal Justice Initiative report: Alabama prisons deadliest in nation despite funding increases
So far this year, 13 Alabama inmates have been murdered, which was twice as many as were killed during the entire ten-year period between 1999 and 2009, making the state’s prisons the most dangerous in the nation, according to an Alabama nonprofit. The Montgomery-based Equal Justice Initiative, which provides legal services for inmates, released the … Continued
Alabama Appleseed selects Carla Crowder as new executive director
Advocacy group Alabama Appleseed has chosen a new executive director. The group, which has opposed civil asset forfeiture, high court fees and fines, and pushed for new payday loan regulations, announced Monday that its board of directors has chosen Carla Crowder, a former Equal Justice Initiative attorney and Birmingham News reporter, as the organization’s new … Continued