AFSC Arizona presents: JUSTICE ON TAP | Saturday May 10 @ 7:30pm (Doors @ 6:30pm) | Only $10 at door! Tomorrow evening, at the Rialto Theatre in downtown Tucson, AFSC Arizona will present, Justice on Tap featuring Chicha Dust, Carlos Arzate & the Kind Souls, and Cyril Barrett […]
Another Arizona legislative session draws to a close and AFSC Arizona has succeeded in passing another bill that has been signed by the Governor! This is the second year of our concentrated efforts to develop and advocate for smart, proven legislative changes to Arizona’s harsh sentencing policies. The […]
JUSTICE ON TAP | Sat., May 10 | Rialto Theatre | Doors @ 6:30pm | $10 Please join AFSC Arizona and friends for the 8th Annual Benefit Concert. This year we are excited to announce that we will be hosted by the Rialto Theatre!! This year’s event features the […]
Thanks to intense negative publicity and a flood of calls and emails from our members around the state, Rep. John Kavanagh’s attempt to sneak a $900,000 giveaway to GEO Group into the state budget was defeated last night. In today’s Arizona Republic, Kavanagh was named one of this year’s […]
Despite our successful effort to remove the funding from the Senate’s version of the budget, Rep. Kavanagh just hasn’t gotten the message. He has indicated that he might try to restore the $900,000 handout to GEO Group that the Senate pulled from the budget. The budget will […]
On Friday, March 28, 2014, Arizona Rep. John Kavanagh attempted to give the private for-profit prison company GEO Group a cool $900,000 handout in the Arizona state budget on top of the $45 million they already receive in state contracts. Nevermind that the Arizona Department of Corrections didn’t […]
American Friends Service Committee and Human Rights Defense Center For Immediate Release PHOENIX, AZ – Last Friday, the Arizona Republic reported that House Appropriations Chairman John Kavanagh had inserted $900,000 in additional funding into the House state budget for the GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest for-profit prison company. Rep. […]