API senior fellow J. Pepper Bryars explained how Alabama is reforming asset forfeiture — when law enforcement agencies seize property without a conviction — during an appearance on Virginia’s Freedom & Prosperity Radio. Listen here: https://www.youtu ...
Huntsville Radio: J. Pepper Bryars makes the case for new prisons
API senior fellow J. Pepper Bryars recently explained why Alabama must build new prisons during an appearance on the Jeff Poor Show @jeffpoorshow, 92.5 FM WVNN in Huntsville. Listen to the interview here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7341473-the-jeff-poor- ...
Mobile Radio: J. Pepper Bryars “Alabama must build new prisons, or risk having inmates released early.”
API senior fellow J. Pepper Bryars recently explained why Alabama must build new prisons during an appearance on LA Catholic Mornings, Archangel Radio 1410 AM & 94.5 FM WNGL @wngl1410am in Mobile. Listen to the interview here (August 12): https://arc ...
1819 Podcast: How Alabama’s small school choice program is making a big difference
Alabama Policy Institute senior fellow J. Pepper Bryars discussed the state’s scholarship program for low-income families on the most recent episode of the 1819 podcast. Bryars shared his own story of moving from a public to a private school during a piv ...
Huntsville Radio: J. Pepper Bryars talks prison construction, occupational licensing and dad-deprived homes
API senior fellow J. Pepper Bryars recently discussed prison construction, occupational licensing and the impact of dad-deprived homes during an appearance on Politics & Moore, airing on WVNN 92.5 FM in Huntsville. Bryars talked about his recent oped ...
1819 Podcast: Southern Shawshank? Assault, rape and murder in Alabama’s prisons
In this episode of the 1819 podcast, API senior fellow J. Pepper Bryars hosts a deep-dive into Alabama’s prison crisis with the Montgomery Advertiser’s Mellissa Brown, State Sen. Cam Ward, and Mike Lanier, president of the company developing plans for thr ...
J. Pepper Bryars: Alabama must build more prisons but taxpayers don’t have to foot the bill
Vicious assault. Brutal rape. Cold-blooded murder. These are some of the crimes that will get you thrown into prison, but what if they’re also what could happen to you once you get there? Sadly, a federal investigation found this is happening in Alabama ...
Huntsville & Mobile Radio: J. Pepper Bryars discusses the importance of census participation in Alabama
API senior fellow J. Pepper Bryars recently appeared on several radio stations in Mobile and Huntsville to discuss the importance of the upcoming 2020 Census to Alabamians. He appeared on the Fred Holland Show in Huntsville and in Mobile on the Sean Sull ...
J. Pepper Bryars: Like Chilton County’s peach trees, Alabama’s occupational license laws need regular pruning
Motorists who travel I-65 between Birmingham and Montgomery during summertime often enjoy the tradition of stopping in Clanton for a freshly-picked basket of Chilton County’s famous peaches. There’s something special about that part of Alabama, a Goldilo ...
J. Pepper Bryars: Dad-deprived homes reach crisis levels in Alabama
Fathers Day has come and gone, and sadly so too has the concept of fatherhood in many parts of Alabama. Nearly half of all babies born here are to unmarried women, according to the latest information from the Alabama Department of Public Health. Th ...