By Eddie Burkhalter, Appleseed Researcher Alabama’s prison system is in crisis. Federal courts have said so. Back-to-back years of record prison deaths show it. The people who live and work inside those facilities feel it every day. Violence, understaffing, and overcrowded dorms are pushing the system past a breaking point, and while new prison construction […] The post Appleseed’s latest report shows that ‘Safer prisons are within reach.’ appeared first on Alabama Appleseed.
