Human rights review team to visit Alabama

Birmingham April 22nd Department of State seeks public comment on U.S. compliance with Universal Declaration of Human Rights Alabamians will play an important role in measuring how the United States is meeting its human rights obligations when a review team visits the state on April 22. The Birmingham event at Grace Episcopal Church, 5712 First [...]

Download Sentenced to Stigma!

Download the new report, Sentenced to Stigma – Segregation of HIV-Positive Prisoners in Alabama and South Carolina, published by the ACLU Prison Project and Human Rights Watch concerning the segregation of HIV+ prisoners in Alabama. In Alabama, people in the visiting room recognize the armband worn by John S. and ask him if he has HIV. [...]

ALABAMA VOICES: Unfounded fears

Read the full article here. Montgomery Advertiser Olivia Turner, Executive Director, ACLU Alabama April 14, 2010 Melissa’s children — and indeed many of her neighbors and friends — found out that she is living with HIV when she went to the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka. Under the Alabama Department of Corrections’ mandatory [...]

Raise money for Fair Housing @ Applebees

  Good Afternoon,          The Fair Housing Center of Northern Alabama is seeking your support in securing funds to foster our work in providing fair and equal housing opportunities for the citizens of our city and surrounding areas. We are asking that you, your family, co-workers and friends have lunch or dinner at Applebees [...]

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Birmingham Roundtable’s 1st Annual Community Reentry & Restoration Summit

Date: Saturday, April 24, 2010 Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm Location: Boutwell Auditorium Street: 1930 8th Avenue North City/Town: Birmingham, AL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact:  Eddie Koen Direct: (256) 508-1480 Email address: eddie.koen@gmail.com Fax: (256) 830-8129 The Birmingham Roundtable Hosts the First Annual Community Reentry and Restoration Summit The Birmingham Roundtable is hosting its First Annual [...]

HB 519 on its way to Governor Riley

HB 519, the bill to make the Commission on Girls and Women in the Criminal Justice System a permanent commission, has passed both houses of the AL Legislature and is on its way to Governor Riley.  Governor Riley must give final approval of the bill.  Encourage the Governor’s support of the bill by signing the online [...]

AP: Ala court keeps rules discouraging complaints

By PHILLIP RAWLS Associated Press Writer Published: Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 11:51 a.m. Read the entire article here. The Republican majority on the Alabama Supreme Court has rejected proposals to make it easier for the public to file complaints accusing judges of unethical conduct. The court’s eight Republicans decided to maintain rules that legal [...]

Amnesty plan: Pay court fine, avoid jail time

Read the full Montgomery Advertiser article here. By Marty Roney • mroney@gannett.com • April 10, 2010 PRATTVILLE — Officials say that saving jobs in the courthouses and keeping county jails from overflowing are the reasons they are conducting an amnesty program in the 19th Judicial Circuit. People with unpaid fines or fees in the district [...]

March and April = More Days of Freedom Gained!

Hi Everyone! AWRN wants to share the exciting news that in the past 30 days, AWRN’s Parole Advocacy Team has secured over 10,000 Days of Freedom for incarcerated women in Alabama! AWRN commends the work of its dedicated advocates.  The success of their work would not be possible without the years of hard work of [...]