Seeking redemption for aged and infirm prisoners amid Alabama's high bar for parole

Seeking redemption for aged and infirm prisoners amid Alabama's high bar for parole Enlarge this image toggle caption Debbie Elliott/NPR Debbie Elliott/NPR Doug Layton, Jr. proudly takes a visitor on an after-hours tour at the glass shop where he works just outside Birmingham, Ala. Layton has been here less than a year but has been given the responsibility for locking things up at the end of the day. "Redemption Earned was created to fill an enormous gap in services to the least, the last, and the lost, which are the worthy aged and infirmed incarcerated adults in Alabama prisons," says Cobb. Enlarge this image toggle caption Kim Chandler/AP Kim Chandler/AP Up against historically low parole rates Cobb says Alabama's tough on crime politics have resulted in a corrections system that's more about vengeance than justice. Enlarge this image toggle caption Debbie Elliott/NPR Debbie Elliott/NPR Living with the consequences of committing a violent crime "The way I look at it, they chose to go to prison and the prisons is a bad place," Grantham says.