Tuesday at 7p.m. Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice will host their Second Chance Double Feature at Birmingham’s Sidewalk Cinema. The feature will consist of two documentaries that ...

That is the work of the Alabama Appleseed Center, a nonprofit organization that works to achieve justice and equity for all Alabamians. And as Alabama Appleseed’s statewide organizer, ...

Prison rights advocates with Alabama Appleseed said this shouldn’t come as a surprise because the crime victim notification system has long-standing issues. In the 15 months between the state ...

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Alabama's prison homicide rate in 2019 was 13 per 100,000, one of the highest in the nation. In contrast, the rate in Texas is two per 100,000 despite a prison population more than five times larger.

Appleseed also believes fines and fees can be counterproductive to public safety: About 38 percent of Appleseed's respondents reported committing a crime to get money to pay off their court debt.

Leah Nelson is research director at the Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice.She is the organizations's principal expert on how fines and fees drive poverty and incarceration and the ...