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Changing policies begins with changing minds. Learn how you can advocate for criminal justice reform, racial justice, and other issues.

Graph of US State and Federal prison population showing a steep rise in total size beginning in the early 1980s and continuing to the present
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics Prisoner Series (The Sentencing Project)

Read the latest news on sentencing policy

Learn more about the alarming rise in the size of the state and federal prison population since the 1980s and the ways organizations around the country are pushing for change in sentencing policies.

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Screen capture of the FAMM Action Center website
FAMM Website

Advocate against mandatory minimum sentences

Learn about ways to keep updated on the movement to end minimum sentencing, and the effects of mandatory minimum sentences on families by visiting the Take Action center from Families Against Mandatory Minimums.

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