Blog… Facing Life Imprisonment from Inside Jail, All I Had Left Was My Right to Vote 5 Nov 20195 Nov 2019 by Joe Watson | Unless you have zero sense of civic duty, you probably know that today is Election Day in multiple states and municipalities across the country. Here at…
Blog… Arizona Should Follow Illinois’ Lead In the National Fight to Curb ‘E-Carceration’ 24 Apr 20197 May 2019 by James Kilgore, Guest Blogger | When I was released by the California state prison system way back in 2009, I was told that, if I wanted to parole to Illinois…
AFSC in the News… AFSC Arizona and FAMM Partnership 28 Sep 201711 May 2018 For many years AFSC-Arizona has been working to reform sentencing and prison laws in Arizona. Now, we are excited to announce that we are partnering with the national group, Families…
Multimedia… Reframing Justice: What No One Wants To Hear 13 Jul 201613 Jul 2016 While I was incarcerated at Marana State Prison, another inmate gave me a poem she wrote called “What No One Wants to Hear”. *It’s a pretty heavy poem- it captures…
From AFSC's Intern Desk… From AFSC’s Intern Desk: Prisoners are People! 5 Dec 20145 Dec 2014 On Monday, December 1, AFSC Arizona released Still Buried Alive: Arizona Prisoner Testimonies on Isolation in Maximum-Security (2014), a report on solitary confinement in the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) that…
News & Updates… Prisoner Voices Matter 4 Dec 2014 AFSC Arizona hosted a press conference on Monday December 1st, 2014 to announce the release of our newest report, Still Buried Alive: Arizona Prisoner Testimonies on Isolation in Maximum-Security (2014). This report…
AFSC in the News… DEAR DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS: It’s not about being in a single cell, it’s about never getting out of it 2 Dec 20142 Dec 2014 Following the release of AFSC's new report on prisoner isolation in maximum-security prisons, Still Buried Alive: Arizona Prisoner Testimonies on Isolation in Maximum-Security (2014), ADC representative Doug Nick attempted to dismiss the…
