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A Cruel Set-Up – Alabama Appleseed People incarcerated in Alabama prisons are routinely dying from drug-related causes. So why are we locking up people who suffer from substance use disorder in deadly, drug-infested prisons?

Alabama board denies every parole request in latest hearing State board denies every parole request in latest hearing

Alabama parole board sees advocates face-to-face again The board reopened parole hearings to the public this week for the first time since March 2020.

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How the “Abolition Amendment” Would End Constitutional Loophole That Allows Forced Labor in Prisons After President Biden signed legislation this month to create a federal holiday commemorating June 19 as Juneteenth, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and Georgia Congressmember Nikema Williams reintroduced what is being called the “Abolition Amendment” to amend the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitu...

VOICES: Prison violence like Alabama's demands a national reckoning Despite lawsuits instituting reforms, state prisons across the U.S. continue to be places of physical and sexual violence, especially against incarcerated people of color. Conditions got so bad in Alabama's prisons that the federal government recently sued the state for violating the Constitution. R...

Alabama Department of Corrections to resume some suspended activities The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) announced it willresume more of the activities/operations that were suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ADOC officials said beginning July 1, the entry of volunteers fromreligious and non-religious organizations into facilities, Alabama Correction...

While it was first used by Louisiana as early as 1844, contract leasing spread quickly after the emancipation of enslaved people during the period of American Reconstruction following the end of the Civil War in 1865.

As an example of how the states profited from the process, the percentage of Alabama’s total annual revenue generated from convict leasing increased from 10 percent in 1846 to nearly 73 percent by 1889.

As a result of aggressive and discriminatory enforcement of the numerous “Black Codes” laws passed in the South after the ending of the system of enslavement, the majority of prisoners leased out by the prisons were Black people.

The practice of convict leasing extracted a substantial human cost, with death rates among leased convicts running about 10 times higher than death rates among prisoners in non-leasing states. In 1873, for example, 25 percent of all Black leased convicts died while serving their sentences.

Was Convict Leasing Just Legalized Enslavement? Devised shortly after the Civil War and used mainly in the South, the business of convict leasing was totally legal, but was it really enslavement?

Lawsuit filed against Madison Co. Sheriff’s Office, jail after 2018 death of Lanekia Brown MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Two and a half years after Lanekia Brown died in custody at Madison County Detention Center, her family is suing the jail and the Madison County Sheriff’s…

Attorney: ADOC to blame for inmate’s death at Bullock Correctional Facility Julian McPhillips says Larry Brown's family has a lawsuit in the works.

Alabama prisoners describe facilities as 'war zones' as feds file complaint against state A new federal filing comes a week after three men were killed in three separate prisons. Prisoners say the state has failed to improve conditions.

Underwriter withdraws from Alabama prison lease project The underwriter for a project to build two prisons in Alabama has announced it is pulling out of the effort

Easter Rebellion at the St. Louis City Jail - Perilous For the second time this year, prisoners at the City Justice Center in Downtown St. Louis, MO have staged a protest demanding their rights. On Sunday night, prisoners smashed through the glass of street-facing windows and threw flaming debris to the street below.

Bill to repeal Alabama’s Habitual Felony Offender law advances The HFOA increases the range of prison sentences every time a person commits a crime, resulting in many long sentences and life sentences.

Virginia Becomes First Southern State to Abolish Death Penalty Virginia has become the first state in the South to outlaw capital punishment. Democratic Governor Ralph Northam signed legislation Wednesday abolishing the death penalty. Gov. Ralph Northam: “I can say that the death penalty is fundamentally flawed. Most importantly, we know that the system doesn...

As Alabama seeks to build new prisons, Mississippi sets sights on reform Mississippi Public Broadcasting is MPB. Mississippi is Our Mission.

Help free Willie Simmons!, organized by Uwe Kristen Willie Junior Simmons is a 63 year old Alabama man who has served 38 years of a life sentence w… Uwe Kristen needs your support for Help free Willie Simmons!

Alabama's prison system sees 1,500+ cases of COVID-19 among inmate population The Alabama Department of Corrections regularly updates its Coronavirus (COVID-19) dashboard to reflect cases in inmate populations and staff statewide.

Joe Ligon, Alabama farm boy who was America’s oldest juvenile lifer, leaves prison at 82 He’s been imprisoned since 1953, when he was just 15 years old.

FBI investigating after Alabama prison fight injures inmate activist, officers The two officers suffered stab wounds and Robert Earl Council and Ephan Moore, both inmates at the prison, were transported to hospitals for treatment for their injuries, the prison system said.

State Rep. Wingo decries lack of transparency from Ivey administration on prisons; Says legislation could be ‘one of our only options’ for answers Last month during a budget hearing before the Alabama Legislature began the 2021 regular session, State Reps. Rich Wingo (R-Tuscaloosa)

DOJ Finds Excessive Use of Force In Alabama’s Male Prisons - BirminghamWatch In a report released Thursday, U.S. justice officials said men confined to Alabama’s prisons are subject to excessive force at the hands of correctional officers. They said the issue is pervasive and systemic and likely violates the U.S. Constitution’s Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual p...

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Alabama prison guards brutally beat Kinetic Justice, sending him to trauma unit Alabama Department of Corrections is the “worst of the worst” of present day criminal capitalist slave plantations and they have this week attempted to murder prisoner elder Kinetic Justice to silence his constant exposure of the ADOC’s inhumane brutality of those in its “care.” As a socie...

[TW Police Brutality] It is with a heavy heart we share the following information regarding the vicious attack on Kinetik Justice by ADOC early this morning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=FriYOcA9b-Y&feature=youtu.be

Incarcerated Activist in Alabama Assaulted by Correctional Staff Incarcerated activist Robert Earl Council formerly of the Free Alabama Movement has been reported to have been assaulted this evenbing by Alabama correctiona...

Alabama prisoners stage hunger strike, allege retaliation Alabama prison officials say they're investigating a report of one guard using handcuffs like "brass knuckles" to beat one hunger striker.

Illinois poised to become first state to end wealth-based pre-trial detention State passed Pre-trial Fairness Act which the governor, JB Pritzker, has long expressed his support for

Feb 1st Call to Action: Demand Mass Clemency on “National Freedom Day” There have been over 100 documented prisoner rebellions related to negligence over COVID-19 safety. Its time we step it up on the outside. A quick and massive release of prisoners is the safest and…

Proposed Mega Prison Will Compound Tallassee’s Wastewater Woes PROPOSED MEGA PRISON WILL COMPOUND TALLASSEE’S WASTEWATER WOES By Jack West, Policy & Advocacy Director, Alabama Rivers Alliance This op-ed appeared in the December 16 edition of the Tallassee Tribune more »

Are you ready to make your voice heard? ASAP is hosting a virtual protest tomorrow from 2-4PM on social media, and via zoom. Our social media toolkit will be posted in our bio with graphics and sample tweets you can use.

Panel and virtual phone banking/emailing will occur from 2-4PM on zoom. Click the link in our bio to register for the event- the zoom link will be *emailed to you!*

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US lawmakers unveil anti-slavery constitutional amendment Democrats in the House and Senate introduced a joint resolution Wednesday aimed at amending the 13th Amendment’s ban on chattel enslavement

This Monday 12/28, tell Regions at their downtown headquarters to STOP funding megaprisons in Alabama!

Representatives from Alabama Students Against Prisons (ASAP) will be present for comment at 1900 5th Ave N from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The main protest will take place from 4:00-6:00 p.m.

State Officials Cryptic About Plans for New Prison in Rural Bibb County, Including How Water and Sewer Would be Provided - BirminghamWatch Alabama plans a 3,100-inmate prison in the Brierfield community of Bibb County, but officialdom holds all the cards and the governor isn't showing her hand. Even Bibb County administrator Derek Reeves responds to questions about the proposed prison by saying: "I don't know anything about that. We

Retired judge proposes bill to create 2nd Alabama parole board Rep. Jim Hill, R-Moody, said a second board could help reduce a backlog of inmates who are eligible for parole hearings.

The 'Abolition Amendment' won't end prison labor | Opinion Many federal and state statutes insulate the prison-industrial complex. It will survive the death of the 13th Amendment loophole.

Federal judge rules against challenge of Alabama's felon voting law The lawsuit alleged that Alabama's law was racially discriminatory and imposed cruel and unusual punishment.

Bham IWOC updated their website address.

ATTN:

WE RECEIVED WORD THAT THE DONALDSON ADMINISTRATORS ARE
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THIS CULTURE OF ARROGANCE AND CORRUPTION HAS TO BE CONFRONTED AND CONFRONTED NOW....

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