‘It is our duty of care to protect and treat those whose liberty we have denied’ By John Fabricius | The test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. Pearl Buck The news surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic brings to mind my experiences […]
Ending mass incarceration in Arizona and reversing decades of failed policies will require a bipartisan effort in 2020 led by those closest to this crisis. The ReFraming Justice Project of American Friends Service Committee-Arizona (AFSC-AZ) is responding by leading scores of formerly incarcerated people and the families of […]
Grace Gámez, PhD, ReFraming Justice (RFJ) Project Coordinator & Founder AFSC-Arizona works to reduce incarceration through state sentencing reform, fighting prison and detention expansion, and improving conditions of confinement. Maybe the most important piece of this work is not just including, but following the lead of people who […]
by AFSC-AZ Staff | Two volunteer leaders of our ReFraming Justice project have released a detailed legislative proposal for the creation of a new body of public oversight that would help reshape and reform state prisons. John Fabricius and Travis Hiland, both of whom are directly impacted by […]