Mass Incarceration

Justice Department Investigating Alleged Civil Rights Violations in Alabama Schools

Disenfranchisement of the Formerly Incarcerated Remains Serious Problem in Alabama

EJI Wins New Trial for Minister Wrongly Convicted of Murder

EJI Challenges Prison Officials for Banning Pulitzer Prize-Winning Book on Racial History

New Florida Law Requiring Drug Tests Before the Needy Receive Help Challenged by Navy Veteran

Department of Justice and Alabama Churches File Lawsuits Against Alabama’s New Immigration Law

U.S. Supreme Court Decides Defendants Have Right to Question Forensic Expert Who Conducted Tests Used at Trial

EJI Calls on Alabama Department of Corrections to Address Abuse of Prisoners by Prison Guards

Sexual Assault in Alabama Prisons and Jails Among Highest in Nation

Alabama Inmate Beaten to Death by Guards at Ventress Prison

United States Considered Most Punitive Country in the World

Alabama Increases Prison Population Even As Nation Succeeds in Reducing Incarceration Levels

Capital Murder Charges Dropped in Case of Mother Accused in Death of Newborn

Federal Appeals Court Rules That Ban on Voting Rights For Formerly Incarcerated is Racially Biased and Illegal

Race and Poverty Linked with Disturbing Forecasts

EJI Wins New Trial for Mother Illegally Sentenced to Life Without Parole