Freedom Denied: Minor parole violations keep Alabama man tangled in state’s prison system

December 22, 2020

Kathryn Casteel

Southern Poverty Law Center v. Ron Abernathy

Economic Justice

Active Case

Date Filed

November 23, 2020

After the sheriff of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, failed to release public records about COVID-19 within the county jail, the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit against the sheriff for violating the Alabama Open Records Act.

The lawsuit was filed four months after the...

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Freedom Denied: Alabama parole board keeps beloved community member imprisoned for crime few think she committed

November 20, 2020

Will Tucker

Harris v. State of Alabama

Voting Rights

Voting Rights - AL

Date Filed

September 25, 2020

Alabama resident Angelique Harris attempted to register to vote over the course of several years but was unlawfully denied by her county registrars due to a failure of state law to clarify how out-of-state and federal felony convictions are to be treated for determining voting eligibility. The...

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