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Incarceration
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The State of Justice Blog
After a loved one’s prison death, grief and unanswered questions are a way of life for Alabama families
By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher Death in prison is no longer rare in Alabama. But for families of incarcerated Alabamians it is still a shock when a loved one dies.…
Legal History Blog
Bell's "Imprisonment in Early Modern England"
By Dan Ernst
Imprisonment in Early Modern England: Politics, Debt and the Origins of a Carceral Society (Cambridge University Press), by Richard Thomas Bell, University of Oxford, is now available online (though not…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
‘You don’t really know a nation until you’ve been inside its jails’
Howie Sacks & Henry’s Joel Dick on why correctional negligence deserves a place in civil litigation practice
The Justice Gap
The Overturn podcast: “Everyday we’re out here – thinking of them locked up. They are always in our minds.”
A gripping new podcast, The Overturn, brings listeners into the real-life battles of people fighting on behalf of loved ones they believe have been victims of grave miscarriages of justice. …
The Justice Gap
23 children under 14 years sent to prison last year
By Jon Robins
Twenty-three children under the age of 14 years were sent to prison in 2024, according to statistics released in response to a parliamentary question in the House of Lords earlier…
The State of Justice Blog
Jonathan Tolbert survived prison, but not the psychological wounds that followed him out
By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher Deborah Tolbert found her son slumped over on her garage floor. After Jonathan Tolbert survived an Alabama prison, where he was raped by several men,…
The State of Justice Blog
Appleseed’s 2025 Annual Report – A Time for Freedom
By Carla Crowder, Executive Director Dear friends and supporters, Five years ago, Appleseed waded into the despair within Alabama’s prison system with a determination to confront unnecessary incarceration one life…
The State of Justice Blog
James “Honkytonk” Jones rises from St. Clair prison to the stage at Appleseed’s Celebrate Justice event
James Jones, who was once condemned to die in an Alabama prison, took the stage at the Woodlawn Theatre and sang a love song in front of a crowd of…
Pennsylvania Divorce and Domestic Relations Blog
An Addendum on Incarceration & Child Support
By Mark Ashton
A week ago (10/24) we published on the topic of incarceration and its effect on a child support order. It turns out that this subject will become part of an…
Criminal
BJS releases new reports on “Criminal Victimization” and “Prisoners” and “Correctional Populations” in the US
Though I suspect the timing is coincidental, the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics released a number of new reports just before the start of the federal government shut down. Here…