FAMM

06/19/2026

New York set to be first in nation to require judges to visit jails and prisons
(via Spectrum News 1 Central New York/S Tier)
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The change will take effect beginning Jan. 1, 2028.

06/19/2026

New York confirms formerly incarcerated SCOC commissioner, makes judges tour prisons (via WTEN )

New York has taken steps to increase oversight of its prison system, including adding a formerly incarcerated person to the oversight committee, requiring judges to tour detention centers, and laun…

06/19/2026

FAMM celebrates Juneteenth with Shauntel Mathis, a formerly incarcerated individual and current Executive Director of Phase Two Adult Reentry Training Camp.

For Shauntel, Juneteenth isn't just a holiday - it's a way of life.

06/18/2026

How to Parent From Prison
(via The Marshall Project)

How incarcerated parents stay in touch from behind bars.

06/18/2026

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Thanks to the 2014 "Drugs Minus Two" reform, Michael’s sentence was retroactively reduced. Today, he’s a self-made real estate entrepreneur, developing off-grid properties on the Mississippi River and running a thriving local community.

As FAMM celebrates 35 years of fighting for fair sentencing, we are looking back at the real lives changed by reform. Michael is proof that when we change the laws, we give people their futures back.

Help us fight for more stories like Michael's.
Text JOIN to 40419 to get involved.

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by Ann Espuelas

06/18/2026

June is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month 🧠✨

Mental health is health—and that doesn't change behind prison walls. Our loved ones on the inside face unimaginable challenges, yet access to real, compassionate mental health care remains severely limited.

We need to talk about it, and more importantly, we need to fix it.

🎥 Watch as FAMM’s Senior Policy Director, Katrina Baugh, discusses the urgent intersection of mental health and incarceration, and what it means for the people we care about.

06/17/2026

‘Losing my mind’: Inmates sue to stop use of solitary confinement in Oregon prisons
(via KOIN 6)

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, self-harm, night terrors, panic attacks, and hallucinations are some of the symptoms inmates say they experience after being locked i…

06/17/2026

'Rejected': How federal prisons stonewall grievances and deny care for years (via NPR)

People who go to prison keep one important right — to file a grievance over their treatment: from abuse to denied medical care. But in the vast majority of cases, those efforts go nowhere, according to an analysis of federal data by The Marshall Project and NPR.

06/17/2026

What’s happening at the federal level could impact your advocacy! Join FAMM’s Federal Policy Call on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, from 6 to 7 p.m. EST on Zoom. Learn about our priorities, get updates, and ask your questions.

Sign up here ➡️ https://pulse.ly/fbmau5sjr5!

06/16/2026

After years of stifling heat, Vermont invests nearly $10.5 million in prison air conditioning (via News From The States)
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