Willie Nash was sentenced to a 12-year prison sentence for bringing a cell phone into a county jail. After the Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed Nash’s sentence, the SPLC filed a motion on behalf of Nash, urging the court to rehear his case and arguing that the sentence is a violation of the...
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When Shanna Rainey was a mother to two young children, she began using methamphetamine.
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Ashley Buford could not hold back the tears when she saw her brother behind a chain-link fence with barbed wire on top.
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It was pouring rain the day Willie Parker left William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility after 36 years in prison.
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For years, Alabama’s prison system has been under a microscope. Harsh sentencing laws coupled with chronic underfunding have led to horrific conditions for people behind bars.
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Chris “Champ” Napier started speaking to students and at-risk youth about his experience in prison before he knew he would ever regain his freedom.
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Fresh out of prison after nearly 23 years, Archie “Jody” Hamlett appeared at his mother’s door in Huntsville, Ala., one fall day in 2017.
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