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FAMM releases comment following Sentencing Commission vote on retroactivity
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Are you in Florida? Got a loved one in Prison? Need help? Perhaps all three!

If you want to get involved locally or need advice join Florida Cares Weekly Statewide Family Conference Call via Zoom! Simply click the link below to register.

All are welcome to register & attend.

Lobbying to Save Lives in Texas Prisons
(via Austin Chronicle)
austinchronicle.com/news/2023-08-2…

Celebrate the 5th anniversary of the #FirstStepAct with FAMM! This bipartisan legislation has opened so many doors for incarcerated individuals looking to get a second chance at freedom. Visit our website to read their stories and learn more about FSA reforms on the inside too!

Too many people are serving long prison terms that don’t make us safer. People languish in prison for years, even decades, because our laws don’t give them a second chance.

Visit our website to learn more about our Second Chance Agenda.

#secondchances

The #EQUALact would end the disparity in federal prison sentences for crack and powder cocaine-related crimes. Here are two impacted family members, Sagan Soto-Stanton and Aundria Hicks.

This law will benefit both of their loved ones if it passes.

#EndTheDisparity

Too many people are serving long prison terms that don’t make us safer. People languish in prison for years, even decades, because our laws don’t give them a second chance.

Visit our website to learn more about our Second Chance Agenda.

#secondchances

Imagine a huge trunk, filled to the brim and spilling over with stories. Hopes, dreams, sorrows, joys … thousands of stories from prisoners all over the country.

Here are some stories we've collected.

Let us know what you think!
#1000Stories 📚 #FAMMstories

✍🏽 #FAMMblog
Even One Day Less in Prison Means the World to Families and Communities

By Alexia Pitter
Family Outreach and Storytelling Associate.

Read more: bit.ly/47D5K9T

FAMM's #VisitAPrison challenge is equally applicable to jails throughout the United States. Here's why. pennlive.com/news/2023/08/d…
Joshua Vaughn PennLive.com FAMM Foundation

Angola's death row is haunted by its past and purpose. It shouldn't be housing kids.
(via USA TODAY)
usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

There is still time for Congress to fix the disparity between crack cocaine and powder cocaine before they leave for the holidays. Our challenge to you is to pass the EQUAL Act so we can reunite families.

#EndtheDisparity #EQUALact

Waupun's Crisis Goes All the Way Down to Our County Jails
(via Esquire)
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🌡️🔥 No one deserves to suffer in extreme heat, especially those who are incarcerated. It's time to take action and demand #HumaneTemperaturesForAll .

Join our cause and help us create a better future for incarcerated individuals. Together, we can make a difference.
#BeatTheHeat

‘Living Hell’: Two Iowa prisons without AC as heatwave arrives
(via KWQC TV6 News)

#BeatTheHeat
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