In 2024, there were 277 deaths in Alabama Prisons. Never before have we known the demographic data, stories, and causes behind these deaths. Here’s what we found.
April 16, 2025
Step Aside Project 2025, We Have a Vision for 2030. The ACLU of Alabama is proud to release its first-ever public strategic plan moving towards 2030. This report states who we are, our values, and our intended impact on the state of Alabama.
January 9, 2025
One out of every six bills the State Legislature introduced in 2023 punish Alabamians and fuel our humanitarian prison crisis. Read the full report.
If Alabama were to follow these and other reforms in this Smart Justice 50-State Blueprint, 12,511 fewer people would be in prison in Alabama by 2025, saving nearly $470 million that could be invested in schools, services, and other resources that would strengthen communities.
September 5, 2018
By studying ICE records, the authors of this report found deep, systemic problems with the medical care in those facilities—failures that contributed to death in more than half of the cases reported by ICE for the 16 months between December 2015 and April 2017.
June 20, 2018
One in three adults in this country has a debt that has been turned over to a private collection agency. Thousands of debtors are arrested and jailed each year because they owe money. Millions more are threatened with jail.
February 23, 2018