Blog… Too Many Problems with the Backwards First Step Act 20 Dec 201820 Dec 2018 by PENIEL ABE, AFSC Policy Fellow This week, a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill known as the First Step Act (S.756) advanced out of the U.S. Senate, with broad support…
Blog… Why Our Movement Can’t Afford to Ignore Private Prison Corporations 17 Sep 201816 Sep 2018 In 1998, I was a budding anti-prison activist, volunteering for the American Friends Service Committee in Arizona (AFSC-AZ). I was fortunate enough to attend the very first Critical Resistance gathering in…
Press Release… Garcia, Farley & Fryer Take AFSC-AZ Pledge to Reject Donations from Private Prisons 6 Aug 201826 Sep 2018 Press Contact: Joe Watson Phone: 602.383.4155 Tucson, Arizona – August 6, 2018 – The American Friends Service Committee-Arizona (AFSC-AZ), in its efforts to reduce the size and scope of the…
Blog… To Free Migrant Families, We Must Fight to Decarcerate Everyone 17 Jul 2018 In the wake of the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy, more than 2,500 children were separated from their parents and placed into detention “shelters” across the US. The cruelty of…
News & Updates… Sanctions Against ADC Are Deserved, But Accountability Starts at the Top 22 Jun 201826 Sep 2018 Press Contact: Joe Watson Phone: 602.383.4155 Tucson, Arizona — June 22, 2018 — The American Friends Service Committee of Arizona (AFSC-AZ) applauds today’s ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge David Duncan…
Blog… The Price of Doing Business: Arizona Corrections Extends Contract with Inept Prison Medical Company 16 May 2018 Arizona’s Governor Doug Ducey, like many politicians, is a big proponent of running government “like a business.” This resonates with many voters, who mistakenly think that the cutthroat winners-and-losers paradigm…
AFSC in the News… Victory! Pima County Passes Historic Resolution Against Use of Private Jails 19 Dec 201711 May 2018 Today, the Pima County (Tucson), Arizona Board of Supervisors passed a historic resolution to prohibit contracting with private, for-profit prison companies like GEO Group or Core Civic (formerly CCA) for…
