.aldotcom is one of five recipients nationwide of the 2023 LipmanCenterCJS grants to fund reporting on inequalities and misconduct in the American criminal justice system.
, working with investigative editor Challen Stephens, will use the $32,000 grant to fund reporting on the Alabama parole system, which does little to alleviate overcrowding in the state’s troubled prison system. The funding will cover costs for data acquisition, analysis, and visualization, additional staff, Freedom of Information Act requests, travel or other reporting needs.
“The prisons and parole conversation in our state affects families, lives, policies and politics – we’re eager to tell that story.” “We are thrilled to support AL.com’s timely and crucial investigation into a horrific injustice in our criminal justice system that needs to be told,” said Cobb, dean of Columbia Journalism School and Henry Luce Professor of Journalism. “AL.com has a proven record for its meticulous reporting and inspired writing, and we are excited to see the outcome of this project.”, a series that examines policing for profit and the criminalization of poverty in Alabama. The series includes AL.
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