Parole Reform

Alabama Increases Prison Population Even As Nation Succeeds in Reducing Incarceration Levels
March 18, 2010
In 2009, Alabama increased its prison population to over 31,000 people. That same period saw the state prison population nationwide decline for the...
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EJI Challenges Homelessness and Permanent Punishment Caused by Alabama's Community Notification Act
November 18, 2009
EJI is working to assist people who have been forced into homelessness, denied critical medical care, and subjected to permanent imprisonment as a...
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Alabama Leads Nation in Sentencing Black Kids to Life Imprisonment
July 27, 2009
A national study found that more prisoners today are serving life sentences across the country than ever before. Alabama ranks among the top three...
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State of Alabama Pardons Former EJI Client Mack Kirby
July 17, 2009
On July 8, 2009, the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles issued a formal pardon for former prisoner Mack Kirby. The Board’s decision, which was...
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Terminally Ill Man Released Under New Medical Furlough Bill
June 3, 2009
The Alabama Department of Corrections granted its first medical furlough to Omar Rahman under a new law that allows for release of some geriatric,...
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U.S. Supreme Court to Address Judicial Ethics Amid Succession of Judicial Misconduct Scandals Nationwide
February 25, 2009
The United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument next week in Caperton v. Massey about whether West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent...
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EJI Challenges State's Use of Community Notification Act to Prevent Mentally Retarded, Disabled Man's Family From Caring For Him
September 19, 2008
On September 17, 2008, EJI attorneys filed a complaint in Montgomery County Circuit Court alleging that the State of Alabama's application of the...
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