Wesleyan College in Prison Program

Wesleyan University has developed a program that will allow male prisoners in a Connecticut penitentiary to gain college credit.  The college-in-prison program is accredited, allowing faculty and students from the college to teach for-credit courses to inmates.  Wesleyan students are also running a program at a local women’s prison.  However, this program is not yet accredited, and [...]

Don’t Forget Sept. 30 @ Bama Theatre

Join the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project for a fundraiser screening of The Dhamma Brothers Screening sponsored by the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project at Auburn University and the Creative Writing Program at the University of Alabama. September 30th, 2009 6:00 Happy Hour/Meet and Greet 7:00 Screening 8:30 Panel Discussion Bama Theatre 600 [...]

Perversion of Justice

News coverage of the U.S. war on drugs reaches us all every day. Whether it’s your local paper’s run-down of police arrests, a photo of drugs from a recent raid, or how the nation’s prisons are overflowing (not reported enough), the drug war has become a regular feature in papers and t.v. news. In spite [...]

Over 1300 Days of Freedom

Over 1300 days of freedom were gained today for a woman granted parole by Alabama’s Parole Board. AWRN is happy to have been a part of her reentry plan development and parole hearing advocacy. All the best to her and her family as she moves forward toward achieving her goals.  She is an incredible, strong [...]

Alabama No. 6 in Rate of Women Murdered by Men

Louisiana #1 in Rate of Women Murdered by Men Huffington Post Josh Sugarmann Executive Director of the Violence Policy Center in Washington, DC September 22, 2009 Full article here or below: Louisiana, with a rate of 2.53 per 100,000, ranks first in the nation in the rate of women murdered by men according to a [...]

Alabama prison ruling backs public right to know

Montgomery Advertiser September 22, 2009 The Alabama Supreme Court struck a blow for the public’s right to know how its business is being conducted when it ordered state corrections officials last week to make public their internal reports on inmate assaults at a state prison, as well as its findings in the death of an [...]

AWRN Book/Film Club: Suggestions for Next Title

We had our first AWRN Book/Film Club meeting on September 12th.  We discussed Vikki Law’s Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women , an amazing collection of women’s resistance and empowerment in prison.  Many thanks to Law for her invaluable work and also to the many women who shared their stories of collaboration, resistance, and endurance [...]

Girl Scout Troop 1500

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Changes in Voting Laws, Debate Continues

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Ala. prison officials may ask court to reconsider order to release inmate death records

Article here or below. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Department of Corrections officials say they are considering asking the Alabama Supreme Court to reconsider its decision ordering them to make public findings in inmate assaults and the death of an inmate convicted of killing two Athens police officers. Department spokesman Brian Corbett said Tuesday the [...]